Comments on: More on Goals and the Meaning of Life http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/ Common sense advice on money saving tips, how to get out of debt, high interest savings accounts, cd rates, money market accounts, mortgage rates, money management and more. Thu, 23 May 2013 00:17:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dr Paul Dyer http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-488041 Dr Paul Dyer Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:23:46 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/#comment-488041 Well, I strongly agree with Adams on several points. He’s right on track about his observations that money and fame do not in and of themselves bring happiness. There are so many well-known examples that there is no need to provide one. And I also I believe he is correct about our need to serve a higher purpose in order to gain a sense of meaning in our lives. Where my own views begin to diverge from Adams’ is when he says that it doesn’t matter what higher purpose we serve. It seems to me he may have missed to point of his earlier life lessons. In my opinion, finding meaning begins with seeking our Calling, or purpose in life. This is not a question that is best answer by asking, “What do I want to do with my life?” A better starting point is to seek to listen to that quiet inner voice and to discover, “What am I being ask to do?” This is a subtle but profoundly different paradigm to use as we seek out our purpose. Well, I strongly agree with Adams on several points. He’s right on track about his observations that money and fame do not in and of themselves bring happiness. There are so many well-known examples that there is no need to provide one. And I also I believe he is correct about our need to serve a higher purpose in order to gain a sense of meaning in our lives. Where my own views begin to diverge from Adams’ is when he says that it doesn’t matter what higher purpose we serve. It seems to me he may have missed to point of his earlier life lessons. In my opinion, finding meaning begins with seeking our Calling, or purpose in life. This is not a question that is best answer by asking, “What do I want to do with my life?” A better starting point is to seek to listen to that quiet inner voice and to discover, “What am I being ask to do?” This is a subtle but profoundly different paradigm to use as we seek out our purpose.

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]]> By: Joe http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-113967 Joe Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:47:29 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/#comment-113967 Excellent post. A great website I've come across about the meaning of life and purpose is The One Question: http://www.theonequestion.com - it has an free online test too Excellent post. A great website I’ve come across about the meaning of life and purpose is The One Question: http://www.theonequestion.com – it has an free online test too

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]]> By: Personal Development http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-108373 Personal Development Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:37:42 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/#comment-108373 Setting financial goals and building wealth can be done if you are disciplined about what you are doing. The only drawback about getting rich slowly is that it won't happen until you are old. It takes decades for money to grow and to have the compounding interest effect. But that's the reality of things. If you weren't born into it, inherited it, sued someone, or got lucky with a successful business, then you are going to have to get rich slowly with long term investments. Setting financial goals and building wealth can be done if you are disciplined about what you are doing. The only drawback about getting rich slowly is that it won’t happen until you are old. It takes decades for money to grow and to have the compounding interest effect. But that’s the reality of things. If you weren’t born into it, inherited it, sued someone, or got lucky with a successful business, then you are going to have to get rich slowly with long term investments.

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]]> By: Setting and Achieving Financial Goals ? Get Rich Slowly http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-106796 Setting and Achieving Financial Goals ? Get Rich Slowly Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:25:21 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/#comment-106796 [...] More on goals and the meaning of life [...]

[...] More on goals and the meaning of life [...]

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]]> By: The Listless Lawyer » Random Roundup http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-83522 The Listless Lawyer » Random Roundup Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:50:09 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/#comment-83522 [...] Happiness = Sleep + Diet + Exercise + Money + Social Life + Meaning? I’d add “+ Gratitude” and “- Stress” in there, but otherwise, that [...]

[...] Happiness = Sleep + Diet + Exercise + Money + Social Life + Meaning? I’d add “+ Gratitude” and “- Stress” in there, but otherwise, that [...]

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]]> By: The One Year Exit Plan http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-82370 The One Year Exit Plan Wed, 28 Mar 2007 06:16:32 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/#comment-82370 <strong>Links for 9 Feb 2007...</strong> It's been a slow blogging week for me. Been very busy with some back-of-the-house work related to the One Year Exit Plan business and some family matters (stay tuned, have we got news for you!) In the mean time, here are a few quick links I found i...

Links for 9 Feb 2007…

It's been a slow blogging week for me. Been very busy with some back-of-the-house work related to the One Year Exit Plan business and some family matters (stay tuned, have we got news for you!) In the mean time, here are a few quick links I found i…

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]]> By: lorax http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-82278 lorax Mon, 26 Mar 2007 23:05:30 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/#comment-82278 I don't know about using addition. I think multiplication is a better operator... if you have lots of money, but no health, you aren't happy. I don’t know about using addition. I think multiplication is a better operator… if you have lots of money, but no health, you aren’t happy.

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]]> By: DC Portland http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-82277 DC Portland Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:59:35 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/#comment-82277 I concur. Thanks JD for this reference to Adams' website - I didn't know it existed. The epiphany that Adams describes (and you reference) is powerful stuff. Many people on this planet will pay attention when this happens to someone who is so successful in the traditional (money, fame, intelligence) ways. Happiness research is known as the "New Science" because it has remained dormant for so many years. These dormant years were the years of the "me generation" and the pursuit of wealth in material terms. It is so nice to see the abundance of information that exists today about what happiness really is. It's not wealth in the "me generation" sense, that's for sure. Keep them coming JD... I concur. Thanks JD for this reference to Adams’ website – I didn’t know it existed. The epiphany that Adams describes (and you reference) is powerful stuff. Many people on this planet will pay attention when this happens to someone who is so successful in the traditional (money, fame, intelligence) ways.

Happiness research is known as the “New Science” because it has remained dormant for so many years. These dormant years were the years of the “me generation” and the pursuit of wealth in material terms. It is so nice to see the abundance of information that exists today about what happiness really is. It’s not wealth in the “me generation” sense, that’s for sure. Keep them coming JD…

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]]> By: Leo http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-82185 Leo Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:43:20 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/#comment-82185 Thanks for this post, JD. I actually enjoy your posts on goals and success and happiness, so don't apologize for them. I recently wrote an article on this topic called <a href="http://zenhabits.net/2007/03/the-three-secrets-to-happiness/" rel="nofollow">The Three Secrets to Happiness</a> on Zen Habits. You might find it interesting. Going back something you mentioned in passing: I'd like to hear about what your top 10 daily reads are! Give us the complete list! Thanks for this post, JD. I actually enjoy your posts on goals and success and happiness, so don’t apologize for them. I recently wrote an article on this topic called The Three Secrets to Happiness on Zen Habits. You might find it interesting.

Going back something you mentioned in passing: I’d like to hear about what your top 10 daily reads are! Give us the complete list!

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]]> By: Debt Blitzkrieg » Blog Archive » I fell off the bandwagon and feel awful about it http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-82166 Debt Blitzkrieg » Blog Archive » I fell off the bandwagon and feel awful about it Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:28:17 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/#comment-82166 [...] I make lists like “100 things you want to do/have/be in your life”, at this stage of the game very few material possessions come on to it. Partly because I have a [...]

[...] I make lists like “100 things you want to do/have/be in your life”, at this stage of the game very few material possessions come on to it. Partly because I have a [...]

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]]> By: Brett McKay http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-82162 Brett McKay Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:11:42 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/#comment-82162 I whole heartedly agree that having worthwhile goals is what makes life abundant. They don't even have to be huge stuff. One of the books that has really burned the importance of goals in my soul is Victor Frankel's Man's Search for Meaning. Dr. Frankel tells the horrors of being concentration camp prisoner. He explains that while others died of sickness or simply just gave up living, his motivation to survive was his simple goal to write a book about his new form of psycho therapy. As soon as he had meaning, he was able to deal with any setback. I whole heartedly agree that having worthwhile goals is what makes life abundant. They don’t even have to be huge stuff. One of the books that has really burned the importance of goals in my soul is Victor Frankel’s Man’s Search for Meaning. Dr. Frankel tells the horrors of being concentration camp prisoner. He explains that while others died of sickness or simply just gave up living, his motivation to survive was his simple goal to write a book about his new form of psycho therapy. As soon as he had meaning, he was able to deal with any setback.

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]]> By: Ricardo http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-82161 Ricardo Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:09:55 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/#comment-82161 On the same line of thought my favourite formula is still: Happiness=Reality/Expectations Any basic math knowledge is sufficient to recorgnize that there are two ways to improve happiness: either try to change the reality or change your expectations. What do think will be easier ? On the same line of thought my favourite formula is still:

Happiness=Reality/Expectations

Any basic math knowledge is sufficient to recorgnize that there are two ways to improve happiness: either try to change the reality or change your expectations. What do think will be easier ?

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]]> By: frugal zeitgeist http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-82158 frugal zeitgeist Sun, 25 Mar 2007 19:18:04 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/03/25/more-on-goals-and-the-meaning-of-life/#comment-82158 You're right on about goals. I have goals for just about everything I do. I even have goals for going to the bathroom. (I think I read this in the Millionaire Next Door as well; what a delight to read about someone else with a similar mindset.) Goals contribute to happiness. Go, goals. You’re right on about goals. I have goals for just about everything I do. I even have goals for going to the bathroom. (I think I read this in the Millionaire Next Door as well; what a delight to read about someone else with a similar mindset.)

Goals contribute to happiness. Go, goals.

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