“The final moment of success is often no more thrilling than taking off a heavy backpack at the end of a long hike. If you went on the hike only to feel that pleasure, you are a fool. Yet people sometimes do just this. They work hard at a task and expect some special euphoria at the end. But when they achieve success and find only moderate and short-lived pleasure, they ask is that all there is? They devalue their accomplishments as a striving after wind. We can call this the progress principle: Pleasure comes more from making progress toward goals than from achieving them.” PeopleIfsFeelsLongEndsSometimesHardMomentsHappinessAsksGoalPleasurePrinciplesProgressAchieveSpecialWindHard WorkFoolTasksStriveFinalsHeavyAccomplishmentModeratesThrillingEuphoriaShort LivedDevalue Author:Jonathan Haidt
“I always say I have a Socratic approach to most things that I do. I pummel people with questions, because I need to know what they're thinking, what they're trying to achieve, what they believe the final outcome is going to be.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsTryingBelieveAchieveApproachFinalsOutcomesSocratic Author:Tim Gunn
“And this is the final meaning of work: the extension of human consciousness. The lesser meaning of work is the achieving of self-preservation.” HumansSelfChangeWorkConsciousnessAchieveFinalsPreservationExtensionsSelf PreservationHuman Consciousness Book:Delphi Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)
“I worked hard. Anyone who works as hard as I did can achieve the same results. The final aim and reason of all music is nothing other than the glorification of God and the refreshment of the spirit.” HardReasonSpiritResultsAchieveMusic IsAimFinalsRefreshmentsGlorification Author:Johann Sebastian Bach
“Achieving Champions League football is the minimum requirement and always the most important thing for [Dortmund Borussia] club. Beyond that, we want to win a trophy. Maybe the German Cup, because we've reached the last three finals, but haven't won one, so that's a big motivation for us.” WantImportantBigsLastsMotivationThreeWinningAchieveHavensFootballImportant ThingsFinalsClubsCupsLeagueChampionMinimumRequirementsTrophiesChampions League Author:Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
“You don't achieve anything by stopping at the first sign of difficulty. If we'd stopped after Dieppe in World War II, where would we be right now as a nation? If we'd stopped before Vimy Ridge, we wouldn't have been a nation at all. Yes, you've got to know when to say "stop" as a leader, you sure do, but you've also got to know when to push for the final thing that's going to give you the full benefit.” IfsKnowsWorldGivingFirstsHas BeensWarNationsLeaderAchieveRight NowBenefitsDifficultyFinalsWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IStoppingRidges Author:Rick Hillier