Comments on: Goal Addiction and The Cult Of Productivity

By: Is Productivity Really Getting You More From Life? — Aliventures

Is Productivity Really Getting You More From Life? — Aliventures — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:50:03 +0000

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By: Melissa Derbyshire

Melissa Derbyshire — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:57:22 +0000

Beautiful assessment of what is going on INSIDE MY VERY OWN HEAD! Thank you for being so real and honest, and asking us to do the same. Keep it coming!

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By: Rock Your Day

Rock Your Day — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:48:45 +0000

[...] the free market had it’s way, you would buy into the cult of productivity’s belief that you need to stock up on expensive planners, equip yourself with complicated organizing [...]

By: Why You Do What You Do (And Why It Should Scare You) | Work Life Balance | Time Management Tips | Wake Up Early

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:55:41 +0000

[...] back, willpower isn’t the problem. Goal setting isn’t it, either. And no amount of productivity cult-ism is going to turn your life [...]

By: Ego and Productivity: Don’t Let Your Default Answer Be “Yes” | Work Life Balance | Time Management Tips | Wake Up Early

Mon, 18 May 2009 11:26:30 +0000

[...] a lot of people are on board when it comes to running like hell from the Cult of Productivity – the mindset that says if you’re not hacking your life 24/7 and taking everything “to [...]

By: Christian

Christian — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:03:56 +0000

I began using the word "no" a couple years ago. I've never been happier. Oddly enough though, I STILL struggle with it. I feel like I'm missing out. The key ( I think) is to understand that you ARE missing out on things, and it's OK. Since when is success about doing EVERYTHING...it's not about that. It's about doing what you want. Christian's last blog post..Tony Robbins Talks About the Economy and Opportunity

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:25:50 +0000

Collectively and individually there is value in working hard, achieving goals etc but often times I think those values become independent of us and become their own self sustaining system or culture so that as individuals we feel that we can’t determine when we put in a good days work because we’re constantly indexing our progress against the expectations of the system which rewards those who commit to it either through praise or other rewards. True contentment doesn’t seem to have the same capacity to do that because it is more amphorous, it can’t be objectively measured and also it’s so much more personal. People often seem to try and benchmark contentment to the amount of stuff they have, the career success of their children etc because the drive to size yourself up against others is strong and using “objective” criteria it is easy to do.

This post reminded me of this video http://www.thestoryofstuff.com that was recently featured in NY Times, particularly the consumer portion. While its message is aimed primarily at showing the environmental impact of consumer culture on the environment I think it explains well the autopoietic nature of a principle when people don’t live their lives conscientiously and determinately.

By: Dave Navarro

Dave Navarro — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:23:24 +0000

Thanks to ALL of you for your great comments – this is obviously hitting a nerve and something I should write more about.

You guys & gals ROCK!

Dave

By: Srinivas Rao

Srinivas Rao — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:03:51 +0000

Goal addiction is definitely a big problem in our society. We are more or less perpetuating the social matrix but the irony is we don’t do anything to better ourselves. It’s always, “I’ll be happy when….”

By: deb

deb — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:09:52 +0000

Your posts are changing my life! I totally identified with being goal addicted – and it has kept me from the one thing I want to accomplish most: write my novel. Many thanks!