“You should never worry too much about achieving your goals, because in the long run you might not find yourself too happy when you get there.” ShouldLongMightRunningGoalWorryToo MuchAchieveFinding YourselfLong RunsAchieving Your Goals Author:Chad Channing
“The goal of long-run economic growth without asset price bubbles is not only achievable, but is something we should expect if we put a sound regulatory framework in place and if policymakers remain vigilant.” IfsShouldLongRunningSoundGoalGrowthEconomicAssetsBubblesLong RunsFrameworkEconomic GrowthVigilant Author:Christina Romer
“The surest way to identify those who won't succeed at weight loss is that they tend to say things like "My goal is to lose ten pounds." Weight targets often work in the short run. But if you need willpower to keep the weight off, you're doomed in the long run. The only way to succeed in the long run is by using a system that bypasses your need for willpower.” IfsWayNeedsLongRunningGoalLosesLossSucceedTenWeightPoundsTargetLong RunsDoomedWillpowerWeight LossBypass Author:Scott Adams
“For our purposes, let’s say a goal is a specific objective that you either achieve or don’t sometime in the future. A system is something you do on a regular basis that increases your odds of happiness in the long run. If you do something every day, it’s a system. If you’re waiting to achieve it someday in the future, it’s a goal.” IfsLongRunningPurposeWaitingGoalAchieveBasesIncreaseObjectivesSomedayOddsLong Runs Book:How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life Source: How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life
“Government programs aim at getting money for poor people. Our hope was that knowledge would in the long run be more useful, provide more money, and eventually strike at the system-causes of poverty. Government believes that poverty is just a lack of money. We felt, and continue to feel, that poverty is actually a lack of skill, and a lack of the self-esteem that comes with being able to take some part of one's life into one's own hands and work with others towards shared-call them social-goals.” PeopleFeelsBelieveLongSelfHandsGovernmentRunningAbleSocialFeltCausesGoalPoorPovertySelf EsteemSkillsProgramAimStrikesEsteemMore MoneyLong RunsPoor PeopleGet MoneyGovernment ProgramsCauses Of Poverty Author:Karl Hess