Have you ever set/pursued real life goals? Not joke ones or fakes you make up for a workshop exercise. I haven’t. I’ve only: a) picked among opportunities (50%) b) stirred the pot to create new opportunities (30%) c) allowed random play to snowball into bigger thing (20%)
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Replying to @vgr
What's the difference between choosing among opportunities and pursuing a life goal? Aren't those the same thing?
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Same here. If one did not believe that an outcome (aim) was actually an opportunity... does not compute.
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Replying to @chophshiy @eshear
You apply to a bunch of jobs, get a few interviews, a couple of offers, pick one. That’s response to opportunities. You decide you’re going to get to Mars or prove the Poincaré conjecture with no clear sense of whether there’s an opportunity to do so. That’s a goal.
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Are you trying to point to the distinction between present(ed) opportunities and those which are contingent upon one's capabilities at a future (uncertain) date?
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Roughly. It’s a loose distinction, not a fundamental one. An opportunity is access to a leveraged pathway to a valuable end. It’s easier but also more fixed.
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