The goal is important only as an idea, the essential thing is the work that brings us towards the goal. Carl Jung

We cannot totally rid of goals

Goals are everywhere in our lives (we may not frame them that way)
- Driving, you have the “goal” to reach somewhere without getting into an accident
- Maintaining a relationship
The problems is not with goals
Problems arise due to the Ego’s measurement and comparisons with others (comparison trap)
- Notion of success invites that of failure
We need a healthy attitudes toward goals
Goals give our life nobility and meaning
Sometimes our problem is not that we have too much desire bu that we don’t have enough (Talks - Beauty of Desire - Rob Burbea)
- We are not passionate enough about anything
- We are distracted by many meaningless desires

Goals in Buddhism

The Buddha used the word striving a lot in the sutras
He acknowledges that in the process of striving there will be dissatisfaction, and that’s ok
- That can be included
Right Effort
4 Bases of Success
- Desire
- Persistence
- Full attentiveness
- Ingenuity