Welcome to the Sports Motivation podcast. This is your host, Nees Showbo. And today is another episode of books and bars. It's where I break down excerpts from my favorite books or books that I'm exploring, as well as bars from some songs that I like hip hop songs mostly. I've yet to do anything other than hip hop but i'm not going to rule that out all right but

today i'm breaking down a book so let me just dive right in this is really really important especially

for a lot of you um so-called high achievers out there let's break this down this is from a book called

overachievement the science of working less Less to Achieve More by John Elliott.

Great book.

I'm pretty sure I've broken down something from this book before.

If I haven't, then this is the first one.

And this part is called dreams versus goals.

All right.

So he said, goals are results, outcomes.

When you chase a dream, goals are the steps you take to get there, the momentary reward for your commitment.

But the best performers are so caught up in the pursuit of their dreams that they barely

notice the stops along the way.

The problem with goals is that they divert your focus to the little things.

Goals trap you in the details, most of which are a chore and meaningless in and of themselves.

With a goal dominating your mind, you lock yourself into the strategy to get you there.

Success then is that the whim of the strategy rather than your skills, knowledge, creativity,

vision, and problem-solving ability. Discoveries, major scientific ones, as well as turns

and personal interests are unlikely to happen when you're busy trying to follow a prescribed route.

So powerful, man.

Listen, what he's basically saying is this.

You have to be more mission driven.

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