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    Goals: The Philosophy and Science of Achieving Your Dreams
    Goals: The Philosophy and Science of Achieving Your Dreams
    Goals: The Philosophy and Science of Achieving Your Dreams
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    Goals: The Philosophy and Science of Achieving Your Dreams

    By Christa Laser

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    You can achieve your goals every year with sufficient planning by knowing yourself, focusing on your dreams, and giving yourself clearly-defined, achievable, and measurable tasks. This book will help you dream, will give you resources and tips for reaching all types of goals, will summarize the relevant scientific literature, and will help you learn to motivate yourself.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChrista Laser
    Release dateJun 10, 2012
    ISBN9781476286600
    Goals: The Philosophy and Science of Achieving Your Dreams
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    Christa Laser

    Christa Laser is an intellectual property litigation associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Washington, D.C. While studying at the George Washington University Law School, she worked as a judicial intern for Chief Judge Rader of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and for Judge Titus of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Her article on claim indefiniteness in patent law was cited by multiple briefs to the Supreme Court. She also won the World Championship of the Manfred Lachs Moot Court Competition. She enjoys ballroom dancing and was once a competitive fencer, earning medals at National Championships and the North American Cup. During her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry and German, she worked with the BioDesign Institute's Department of BioOptical Nanotechnology studying electron transfer in photosynthetic bacteria. As a result of that research, her articles were published in Science and the Journal of Physical Chemistry. She lives with her husband in Alexandria, Virginia.

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      Goals - Christa Laser

      Goals: The Philosophy and Science of Achieving Your Dreams

      By Christa Laser

      Copyright (c) 2012 Christa Laser. All rights reserved.

      Smashwords Edition

      Contents

      Introduction

      Have Purpose

      Select Top-Level Goals

      Create Tasks

      Follow Up

      Introduction

      You can achieve your goals with sufficient planning by knowing yourself, focusing on your journey, and giving yourself clearly-defined, achievable, and measurable tasks. This book will help you dream and will give you resources and tips for reaching all types of goals. This system is based on the one that I used since I was a very serious child with dreams of a successful career. Now, as a lawyer with one of the best firms in America, I am ready to share what worked for me, updated with the latest research on the science of achievement.

      Ultimately, the best way to accomplish your goals is to understand them, from why you pursue them to what steps you need to take. The book begins by helping you to identify the purpose of your pursuit, which will give you motivation and help you select goals that meaningfully contribute to your life. Turning to the nuances, this book helps you to plan out how you are going to accomplish goals, using specific, achievable, measurable tasks—a system backed by decades of research on successful goals. The book ends by teaching you how to follow through in the face of procrastination and other pitfalls. You will get the most out of this book if you have a means, like notepaper, to memorialize your goal-setting, particularly in later chapters.

      Have Purpose

      The young fencer stepped onto the fencing strip for the first bout of that evening’s practice, after a long lesson. On the opposing side was an older, overweight man, smiling condescendingly at the young fencer. He looked aggressive, albeit somewhat uncoordinated from a lack of fitness. The young fencer did not yet know the skill to out-finesse the older opponent, but knew that some quick, dirty aggression might score touches. The young fencer continued to size up the opponent as they saluted and settled into the en garde position.

      Prez? Allez, instructed the director. Without a moment’s hesitation, the opponent charged in, chest wide open. The young fencer saw the opportunity to take advantage of the opponent’s aggression, sloppily dodged the opponent’s blade, and jammed the weapon without the slightest bit of finesse into the opponent’s chest. Touche! The tip of the blade bent upward in an ugly way from the pressure of impact; the young fencer fiddled to straighten it while walking back to the en garde line.

      Smug, the fencer glanced toward the coach, seeking watchful attention, that subtle sign of praise, but the coach appeared disappointed, refusing to grant his gaze. After the match, the fencer asked the coach for some thoughts on the young fencer’s impromptu victory over the older man.

      Before you begin a match, the coach sagely scolded, you must first determine your purpose. In training, the purpose is to get better, not to win. You should have practiced your technique tonight, regardless of who would have won if you had.

      Those sage words, spoken to me by my instructor when I was a teenager, were my first foray into the importance of purpose. The science supports its importance, too. Those who make goals based on purpose are more likely to achieve their goals, to enjoy the pursuit, and to be happy when they finish.

      Identify Your Purpose

      It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers aiming at a definite mark, we shall be more likely to attain what we want. – Aristotle

      The first step in the goal-making process is to evaluate what your purposes are and whether your goals will advance them. For very practical people, this will be the most difficult part of the book to manage. You are free to jump to the next section, Create Top-Level Goals, and then return here after you finish the book to skim for anything you missed.

      Start with Needs

      Knowing what meaningfully improves your life takes some thought. For those

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