I don’t have goals.
I have faith.
“Gabe...what are you talking about??”
You know...you’re right!
That does sound kind of crazy, huh? :)
Alright, let me clarify.
I have certain goals in my life, but they honestly don’t matter that much to me.
I don’t obsess over them.
I don’t have a sticky note on my bathroom mirror reminding me of them.
I don’t try to “manifest” them…that’s something only God can do, my friends!
I don’t write them down each day and constantly measure myself against them (for another time but geez please do not measure you’re worth by your performance...you are invaluable as you are and worth way more than that!)
I might come off as a weirdo here but I just don’t think any of that stuff is even remotely healthy.
What is healthy is doing things that are good for you and others and having faith that doing good is a good in and of itself.
I can take my work as one example.
I’m in sales so yes I definitely have goals in a very real sense. I have a quota to hit and everything that comes with it.
But what’s going to hit that quota?
Doing good work and helping others.
What doesn’t?
Obsessing over my numbers and my goals.
I can take working out as another example.
I can have a goal of a 500, 700, or even 1,000 lb. deadlift.
But...who cares?
That goal won’t get me anywhere.
Doing good work will.
Deadlifting will.
Improving my form will.
In fact...doing the work is literally the only thing that will achieve any of those goals.
So why not flip the script?
Want to get fit? Why not make the goal to simply work out every day?
Want to sell more? Why not make the goal to make 100 calls a day?
Want to be a writer? Why not write for an hour every single day?
It’s a radical approach, sure.
But last I checked, I’m fairly certain if I’m known for anything in this life it will be for what I did, not for what my goals were. Working off that assumption, I’m going to focus a bit less on my goals and a whole lot more on the faith that doing good work will always work for good.