Good thoughts about Goals and Values

I enjoyed this post - Whose Values Will They Use In Decision Making? from Trust The Children:

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On the surface, this post has to do with teaching our children about goal setting and goal achievement. Underneath, it has to do with much more.
The example I read was this. If the goal is to read 10 books in a year, and the goal is no more specific than that, then any 10 books will do. You could read a book on history, a book or two on sports, a few biographies and even some porn and all of it would contribute to the general goal of reading 10 books in a year.
However, what intervenes between setting the goal and achieving the goal is our values. If our values hold that porn is something we avoid like the plague, then that kind of book will not be part of the goal. Determining and being guided by our values, then, plays a really important role as we set goals and strive to achieve them.
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It is worth reading the whole post.


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