Inverting Goals

Most of our business or success goals are self oriented. They are related to what we want. What if we could invert them? What if they are based on what others want?

This is not as idealistic as it sounds. Neither is it altruistic. Nor is it irrational. It is more rational and practical than self oriented success goals.

Why is that? It is because most success goals happen when something flows from other people. They end up happening due to something done by other people whether it’s clients or employees or anyone else. For that to happen, other people have to find something that makes them want to do that something. Other people find that something only when it helps them. This is possible only when you help them help themselves, and in turn help you. Hence setting these goals as self oriented doesn’t work.

Sounds a bit confusing, but it isn’t if you read it again.

Most of us don’t get this because we worry if that means we keep giving? We can’t get ourselves to invert.

This is more philosophical than most of us can practice. It takes true inversion and honesty. You should truly be focused on other people’s goals without any direct implication on your own goals. Otherwise other people can see through it. It won’t work.

But when it is truly inverted it does work. It takes surrender. It takes letting go of your success goals. It takes focusing on being of value. Or just being.

It is worth experimenting. Inverting Goals will invert your life.