I thought this video was super insightful but couldn’t find where to post it, hence posting it here. Hope that’s ok!
I have an emphatic hatred for SMART goals. It’s not that I can’t or don’t set goals for myself, I just hate having to force my objectives into cookie cutter management jargon. I just can’t bring myself to care, because my brain doesn’t work that way; I get more value from the journey than from checking the box at the end. I’d much rather declare some nebulous destination so I can take on projects and challenge myself to work towards that, so I have opportunities to learn/ practice the skills I want to grow.
im not 100% sure if im the same but the thing is that as far as large life goes I just want to be free to follow my nose. experience and learn as I go. I work jobs for money and prefer ones where I can figure things out. They sorta got to let me know what they want figured out. I don’t have goals for my time at a company. If I did I would likely be running my own company. I have sometimes encountered companies who relate something like that when hiring. We want a startup attitude. So you want people who would do their own startup but don’t for some reason and instead work for you??? come on. really. I feel like over the last several years more and more of the world runs on pure bulltrump.
Not a fan of this video at all.
It’s a collection of limitations that successful projects had. Most projects get less than a minute.
I would find it more believable if it also had case studies for the same projects and its unique environment strengths ( I don’t know, like Steve Jobs being “a genius” - which I don’t agree - and George Lucas and Dr Seuss having their own unique qualities). There’s certainly plenty of books like this, people love about personal successes. 🤢
And other projects that had either the same constraints but stronger, or same constraints but weaker, and failed. Also probably a different book, but no one would buy this.
It’s like one guy said, like Taylor Swift telling people to follow their dreams is akin to a lottery winner saying to put all your savings into lottery tickets. That’s what this video makes me feel.
