Writer and therapist Pam Johnson points out there is value in achieving goals, because "Even if the goal is small, you will feel a great deal of success… Whatever the success is, you will have reached a goal.
Certainly there are some short-term, concrete or very narrow goals that are useful steps in developing your talents and making your life better.
But many personal growth leaders promote the idea of making long-term, life mission kind of goals as a needed part of personal achievement.
I have never felt comfortable with that strategy, and here are two other viewpoints on why those ‘huge’ goals may not be so useful.