How To Adjust Your Goal’s Trajectory The Right Way

“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.“ — William Arthur Ward

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You’ll never reach your goals the way you’re acting right now. Not because you’re doing it the wrong way, but because the world keeps on evolving.

The bird doesn’t leave the ground and glide its way to where it lands. The wind, the rain, the objects in the way all impact its trajectory. And so it flaps its wings once in a while to readjust its direction. Its destination might even evolve based on the above.

What you’re doing may be working for you right now. But if you keep at it in the exact same way, ignoring the hazards of the world, you’re bound to reach a dead-end.

Goals are but an indication. They represent the house on the other side of an open field. You could go straight to it. But along the way, a tempest could force you to go out into the woods to find refuge. A bunch of wolves may force you to run and walk into a deep hole. You may have to dig through the hole to get out somewhere else.

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