Comments on: Zürich and my take on setting goals http://www.russellquinn.com/blog/2008/04/20/zurich-and-my-take-on-setting-goals/ Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:55:31 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: William Tell http://www.russellquinn.com/blog/2008/04/20/zurich-and-my-take-on-setting-goals/#comment-100 William Tell Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:48:26 +0000 http://www.russellquinn.com/?p=107#comment-100 You set goals every second of your life. When you wake up in the morning, your goal is to get out of bed. Then you try to make it through the day without getting killed. If you live in Copenhagen, then it is not to get run over by a bycicle, in Baghdad it is not to get blown up by an IED. It is all goals. The best goals are "lofty" goals. Be happy, make misstakes, experience new things, learn new stuff. Do good things. You set goals every second of your life. When you wake up in the morning, your goal is to get out of bed. Then you try to make it through the day without getting killed. If you live in Copenhagen, then it is not to get run over by a bycicle, in Baghdad it is not to get blown up by an IED. It is all goals.

The best goals are “lofty” goals. Be happy, make misstakes, experience new things, learn new stuff. Do good things.

]]> By: Russell http://www.russellquinn.com/blog/2008/04/20/zurich-and-my-take-on-setting-goals/#comment-99 Russell Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:14:10 +0000 http://www.russellquinn.com/?p=107#comment-99 Excellent :) I'll get in contact with him. I'd like to meet some Rails experts here. Excellent :)

I’ll get in contact with him. I’d like to meet some Rails experts here.

]]> By: Lauramaki http://www.russellquinn.com/blog/2008/04/20/zurich-and-my-take-on-setting-goals/#comment-98 Lauramaki Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:09:58 +0000 http://www.russellquinn.com/?p=107#comment-98 Ganz genau! ;) By the way, I met one of <a href="http://www.toothlesstiger.com" rel="nofollow">Henriette's</a> friends at her wedding last weekend. He is <a href="http://blog.invisible.ch/" rel="nofollow">Ruby on Rails expert</a> and lives in Zürich - asked him to keep an eye out for apartments for you. ;) Ganz genau! ;)

By the way, I met one of Henriette’s friends at her wedding last weekend. He is Ruby on Rails expert and lives in Zürich – asked him to keep an eye out for apartments for you. ;)

]]> By: Russell http://www.russellquinn.com/blog/2008/04/20/zurich-and-my-take-on-setting-goals/#comment-97 Russell Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:50:13 +0000 http://www.russellquinn.com/?p=107#comment-97 Yes, exactly. To travel *is* better than arriving, but paradoxically the allure of the destination is equally as important. You have to believe that what you're aiming for is vital, but balance that with knowing that when you get there it's probably time to move on! Yes, exactly. To travel *is* better than arriving, but paradoxically the allure of the destination is equally as important. You have to believe that what you’re aiming for is vital, but balance that with knowing that when you get there it’s probably time to move on!

]]> By: Lauramaki http://www.russellquinn.com/blog/2008/04/20/zurich-and-my-take-on-setting-goals/#comment-96 Lauramaki Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:42:41 +0000 http://www.russellquinn.com/?p=107#comment-96 I really like your thoughts on this one. I believe that setting goals should be something you do to get things done right here and now... not make yourself miserable and stuck. I tend to change plans and goals for myself all the time - can't see how I could work things out for myself differently, since who I was yesterday is not the same person I will be tomorrow anyway, right? So why bother to try to fullfill a goal that doesn't mean anything to me anymore? To travel is better than to arrive, I guess... Although I do hope you both arrive(d) well in Zürich! ;) I really like your thoughts on this one.
I believe that setting goals should be something you do to get things done right here and now… not make yourself miserable and stuck. I tend to change plans and goals for myself all the time – can’t see how I could work things out for myself differently, since who I was yesterday is not the same person I will be tomorrow anyway, right? So why bother to try to fullfill a goal that doesn’t mean anything to me anymore?
To travel is better than to arrive, I guess…
Although I do hope you both arrive(d) well in Zürich! ;)

]]> By: Russell http://www.russellquinn.com/blog/2008/04/20/zurich-and-my-take-on-setting-goals/#comment-95 Russell Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:20:19 +0000 http://www.russellquinn.com/?p=107#comment-95 Isn't "home lab" another term for a guide dog anyway? Isn’t “home lab” another term for a guide dog anyway?

]]> By: lucy http://www.russellquinn.com/blog/2008/04/20/zurich-and-my-take-on-setting-goals/#comment-94 lucy Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:16:30 +0000 http://www.russellquinn.com/?p=107#comment-94 "and live with my girlfriend Lucy (and her research PhD)" It sounds like i have a home lab... or am studying the behavior of a pet for three years. “and live with my girlfriend Lucy (and her research PhD)”

It sounds like i have a home lab… or am studying the behavior of a pet for three years.

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