Rethinking Goals: the Science of Nonlinear Goal Setting

It’s time to replace the old linear model of success with a circular model of growth, in which goals are discovered, pursued, and adapted – not in a vacuum, but in conversation with the larger world.

Maybe Scott Adams said it best:

To put it bluntly, goals are for losers. That’s literally true most of the time. For example, if your goal is to lose ten pounds, you will spend every moment until you reach the goal—if you reach it at all—feeling as if you were short of your goal. In other words, goal-oriented people exist in a state of nearly con

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