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Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective
- The process of setting an objective, attempting to achieve it, and measuring progress along the way has become the primary route to achievement in our culture.
from Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective by Joel Lehman
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- Almost no prerequisite to any major invention was invented with that invention in mind.
from Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective by Joel Lehman
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- Being open and flexible to opportunity is sometimes more important than knowing what you’re trying to do.
from Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective by Joel Lehman
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- Objectives are well and good when they are sufficiently modest, but things get a lot more complicated when they’re more ambitious. In fact, objectives actually become obstacles towards more exciting achievements, like those involving discovery, creativity, invention, or innovation—or even achieving true happiness. In other words (and here is the pa... See more
from Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective by Joel Lehman
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- Sometimes the best way to achieve something great is to stop trying to achieve a particular great thing. In other words, greatness is possible if you are willing to stop demanding what that greatness should be.
from Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective by Joel Lehman
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- To arrive somewhere remarkable we must be willing to hold many paths open without knowing where they might lead.
from Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective by Joel Lehman
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