Having a goal is psychologically indistinguishable from being in debt. Some people have to have one or the other, preferably both: leverage.
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the leverage ratio in a capital structure can be static over time, but you still get benefits of leverage. Same doesn't hold for goals.
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Goals induce organizations which acquire life of their own past initial goal, so same thing can happen.
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that's true. The garbage can model for instance postulated goals just lingering on with various coalitions grabbing ahold for a while.
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I was thinking more in terms of demotivating effects from lack of visible progress.
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There are also those who are alarmed by goals that refuse to retreat steadily when pursued, and impolitely get closer
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