The document discusses the difference between goals and processes, and argues that focusing on processes rather than goals leads to better long-term results. It notes that goals can reduce happiness, limit thinking, and lead to disappointment if not achieved, while processes keep one motivated and inspired without the pressure of immediate outcomes. The document recommends building feedback loops to track progress without relying solely on goals, and committing to consistent processes that will allow one to achieve more over time than any single goal.

1. Goals v/s Process What should you follow?

2. We all have things in life to achieve, just as • Becoming a millionaire • Creating an impact in society • Winning an Award • Or may be losing fat from body

3. Achieving things by specifying a goal to it- Goal requires process to follow

4. What process is • My goal is to win an award, my process is what I do daily to achieve it • My goal is to write a book, my process is writing pattern I follow • My goal is to build a business, my process is marketing and sales for it • And so on, but what ever it is, needs a process

5. If you ignore the goal, would you still get results? I think, you would

6. As an example • I always wanted to win an award and it required me to do work • Work, that is best for business and creditable to me • Work, that has an output and its output has an impact • Work, and a consistent work for a specified time • Work that makes impact, was my process and goal was to win award

7. I didn't win an award but I still have results • I realized when I focused more on working and not on award • I was achieving more, I never set a goal for it • I didn't measure my progress in relation to some threshold • I never set a goal to write book, but following a pattern • I wrote more than a word-count book needs

8. Do I enjoy the results? Yes, I do - let me tell you why

9. Why you should focus on process and not on goal • Because goal reduces your current happiness • I am not happy and good right now, I will be when I achieve my goal • Commit yourself to the process to mission and not to goal • Imagine you have a goal to win two national awards • How difficult and burden it would be to achieve them

10. Focus on practice and process Your performance and goals will follow you

11. Goals limit your thinking • Consider you have to win a marathon, you run daily for practicing it • What you do is consider process instead of following it • After winning, you just achieved your goal • What is left to push you forward to achieve more after it ? • When your all hard work was just to achieve goal, what's the motivation?

12. Release the need for immediate results After all process will keep you motivated

13. Goals can disappoint also • We do plan, we do consider process, we do follow steps • But we have no idea, what circumstances can arise along the way • When you work for goal and then you don't achieve it • You get disappointing feeling- you consider yourself not good at it • Of course one can be an optimist- a passionate but fact can't be ignored

14. Follow process You will achieve more than a goal can give you

15. No goal? No progress! Is that what you think? I have got an answer for it as well

16. Build Feedback Loops Set a threshold- calculate your progress each week

17. Love Process • Goals will make a good plan for progress • But Process will make your actual progress • Goals will keep you motivated, but process will keep you inspired • Goals may be can disappoint you, but process would not! • Having a process is a blessing,commiting to process is a progress.

18. Don't worry, don't go for an award Commit to a process, you will achieve more than an award

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