Topic awaiting preservation: Goals + Human Potential (Page 1 of 1)

It has been while since I have been here, being really busy with work. Ever since I got promoted, I don't really have time to be playing around on the internet to much. I hope all of you are well.

Anyway, I have to deal with many different types of people where I work, and I have found that there are those that strive to do their best, and their are those, who do not. I wonder what it is that makes this so?

We all have goals. No matter what our ethnic background or jobs. No matter what our religion or language. We all must strive to meet those goals, no matter how large or small. Once those goals are met, some people stop right there. It will be the people who are in our history books who surpassed and over came those goals.

If we, as individuals apart of a global community, sought to not only meet but also surpass our own individual goals instead of settling for the bare minimum, this planet would be a much better place to believe in. At least I believe so. But sometimes I wonder, if everybody was an over-achiever, perhaps this planet would be in worse shape, since right now the destructiveness of human nature is not in the interest of the eternal survival of this planets system to help support us.

Anyway, I have been thinking about this a lot lately, and was wondering what perspectives you could offer me on this.

Thanks.

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You sound young

You may be suprised to find that your own productivity and motivation will go up and down as you go through life as well, it's not uncommon. Best thing to do is to pursue a career that makes you happy and keeps you setting new goals and being excited about working to accomplish them.

There's a lot of Wally's (Dilbert's pal) out there and sad fact is, depending on their politcal savvy they can sometimes do quite well, even better, than a motviated hard worker in a corporate environment. Politics and hard work both have their place in groups.

How this relates to our planet, for me, it really does take all kinds to make the world go 'round. Don't let it get you too rankled, as long as you keep motivated and working toward goals, be proud of yourself and enjoy doing it, let everybody else just take care of themselves as well. Do what you believe will make things better and take it all one day at a time. If you start thinking about the future and unrealized potential of the human race, you're in for nothing but funk there pal concentrate on your happy little corner of the world.

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concentrate on your happy little corner of the world.

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That sums it up in a nutshell.

Stop worrying so much about what others are doing (or not doing) - and concentrate on what you are doing (or not doing).

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Jason said - If you start thinking about the future and unrealized potential of the human race, you're in for nothing but funk there pal concentrate on your happy little corner of the world.

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It is not in my nature. I constantly am wondering and pondering what goes in inside the minds of others. I am so curious about human nature that I am constantly wondering why. Would would someone do this? Why would someone think that? Ect... But you are right, it would do me good to concentrate on my happy little corner of the world. And it does not make me in a funk; its just me, thinking.

Not sure what you mean by young? If you consider 30 to be young, then yea...I guess I am young. Optimistic would be a better adjective, I think, but what would I know...I'm just me.

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GN-Keep in mind that you're only seeing people in their workday. They may have values, and hence, goals and motivations, that don't include those things typically measured by workplace or corporate performance or "success".

By many people's measures, the fact that I work only a few hours a week at self-employment, fewer still at a minimum-wage part-time job, seldom have three digits in my checkbook and don't own a car makes me some sort of loser (at best).

My goals in life are more spiritual rather than material or ego-satisfying, and so those other sorts of things just aren't important to me. By my own values and goals, I'm doing quite well.

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Gilbert Nolander said:

If we, as individuals apart of a global community, sought to not only meet but also surpass our own individual goals instead of settling for the bare minimum, this planet would be a much better place to believe in. At least I believe so. But sometimes I wonder, if everybody was an over-achiever, perhaps this planet would be in worse shape, since right now the destructiveness of human nature is not in the interest of the eternal survival of this planets system to help support us.

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I'm wondering here if you mean " apart or a part of a global community" I am presuming, "a part"
I battle with this question myself GN. For me it all depends apon what those goals actually are, personal and community based.
The world of media after-burn, spin and hype surounds us and permeates nearly every aspect of our lives. More and more, bigger and better. I believe we are herded into believing we must achieve more, strive for a better paid job, buy that fuel guzzling car, live in that "Ideal Home". We are persuaded, because we are told "the economy" depends apon it.
We, I believe, are destroying our planet, very quickly, with this attitude, trying to place ourselves outside of nature as if it did not really affect us.
Sounds a bit heavy but I think we may have already tipped the balance, I see no slowdown in pollution, the worlds natural resources are not only being wasted, but they are not being replaced (rain forests, and other vast natural forests, which produce the air we breath)!
We are experiencing as a race, the biggest species extinction event ever documented, CREO is one of the may govermental and NGO's set up to investigate this phenomena, but I fear this is only a placatory gesture to hush the dissent from the backbenchers.
I knew I was going to digress...
Where was I? erm,, "Goals and human potential"
I find it hard to accept that over half the human race is living in abject poverty,
literally, starving to death.
I find it hard to believe that the governments of all our various nations has not the skill, ability or guile to end this horrific nightmare.
I find it hard to believe, that, like some obese child stuffing our faces with all the cake we can lay our greedy little hands on, till we can no longer move, that humanity will drown in it's own crapulance
Human potential, I believe, is to look after this planet and keep it in the best possible order.
We are making a disaster out of that!
I hope that sounds depressing enough, I believe it is true I am still a happy wonderer and wanderer

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I agree with you Tao. And good to see your words again. It has been a while.
Also, Bruce, I think that I am looking at things more like what Tao said, a global sense. Wars, useless destruction, ect.

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(Edited by Gilbert Nolander on 11-13-2005 03:18)