Goals Suck: Why Building Habits and Systems Makes Sense

Goals Suck: Why Building Habits and Systems Makes Sense

Breaking News Instant alerts for the biggest news TNW Weekly The best of the week, handpicked every Friday Daily Top stories The most shared stories of the day Info about future TNW products This post originally appeared on the Crew blog . Even if New Year's Resolutions aren't your thing, a new year is always a good time to reflect and evaluate your progress in the past 12 months. But when it comes to making big changes in your life, don't set goals. Habits and systems will help you make real, lasting changes. Why goals suck Scott Adams, creator of office comic Dilbert, explains why goals suck better than anyone I've come across: "… you will spend every moment until you reach the goal—if you reach it at all—feeling as if you were short of your goal. In other words, goal-oriented people exist in a state of nearly continuous failure that they hope will be temporary." James Clear has written about this as well. James explains how setting goals reinforces our loser mindset:

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