Overpowered Metrics Eat Underspecified Goals
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Overpowered Metrics Eat Underspecified Goals
Because it said what people wanted to believe: that clarity of ambition would bring control, that intention would yield destiny.
The cult of goal-setting thrives in this illusion. It converts uncertainty into an illusion of progress. It demands specificity in exchange for comfort. And it replaces self-trust with the performance of future-planning. ... See more
The cult of goal-setting thrives in this illusion. It converts uncertainty into an illusion of progress. It demands specificity in exchange for comfort. And it replaces self-trust with the performance of future-planning. ... See more
Smart People Don't Chase Goals; They Create Limits
All these approaches to goal setting are based on linear goals: they were created for controlled environments that lend to readily measurable outcomes with predictable timelines.