Successful people set constraints rather than chasing goals(joanwestenberg.com)
343 points by MaysonL | 182 comments
A blog essay by Joan Westenberg arguing that smart people create limits and constraints for themselves rather than chasing goals.
#goal-setting on Hacker News
3 stories tagged goal-setting, newest first.
Hitting OKRs vs. Doing Your Job(jessitron.com)
333 points by zdw | 211 comments
A Jessitron blog post discussing the tension between hitting OKRs (objectives and key results) and actually doing your job well.
Do quests, not goals(raptitude.com)
551 points by zdw | 154 comments
A Raptitude blog post by David Cain arguing for framing personal ambitions as open-ended quests rather than fixed goals.