Isn't the Book a Goal?

In one of the blog entries, some asked “Mr. Goalfree, I want to ask you, IS your intended book publishing not A GOAL?” This raises a couple of interesting points. First of all, Goal-Free Living does not mean that you do not have ANY goals. It means you are free from the burden that goals […]

Goals: Instinct or Instruction?

I have had numerous debates as to whether goals are in the genetic make-up of the human DNA, or whether they are learned over time by the subtle (and not so subtle) messages within society. Although I am not, nor do I profess to be, a geneticist, looking at various cultures around the world convinces […]

Goal-Free Student in UAE

I recently received an email from Salah, a computer engineering student at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. A few months ago he wrote an essay entitled “Individual Success: Made of Goals or Sudden Awareness?” for his advanced English Communication course in 2nd year college. He provides his own spin on […]

Quote of the Day

“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” — E. […]

Time is Not a Factor

I was recently having a conversation with two friends of mine, Sean and Joe. They both work for the same company. They both work crazy hours. But Sean has managed to live a full and complete life. He has a boat, has his pilot’s license, goes scuba diving, knows lots of people, has a girlfriend, […]

Becoming a Success…The Goal-Free Way

I am putting the finishing touches on a chapter in Goal-Free Living entitled, “Use a Compass, Not a Map.”  And yesterday I had the great pleasure of interviewing Preethi Nair whose story is a perfect example of this lesson. Like many people, she was very goal oriented early in life. “Within my family, everything was […]

Allow Yourself to Live Goal-Free

Here is an email I just received from a reader. When working on the Goal-Free Living project, I thought the people who would be most interested were the “Goalaholics”. But I have found that there are large numbers of people who already live Goal-Free, but feel ostracized by society. If anyone else has a great […]

Another Letter from a Website Reader

I was reading your website this morning, and it makes a lot of sense. My friends and I always say, one day when I am married I will have this and that, or one day when I have children, when I have a large house on the water, etc…. I don’t fully appreciate my life […]

Goal-Free Challenges

Goal-Free Living is a set of principles that can be applied to many different aspects of your life. And for each of us, there are some areas where we find it more difficult to achieve goallessness. Even I, someone who has been able to apply goal-free concepts to nearly every aspect of my life, have […]

Letters from Readers

Today I want to share two emails I recently received from a couple of newletter and website readers. Keep the stories coming. *** I am counsellor and weight-loss consultant for a reputable weight-loss company. I was recently asked to write an article for the newsletter about goal setting but something didn’t seem right to me. […]