GFL in Boston Globe
There’s an article in today’s Boston Globe (and about 20 other papers) with a reference to Goal-Free Living. It starts out… Find your voice, and then use it by Dale Dauten “When you wake up tomorrow morning, make believe you are another person — an artist, a musician, or a doctor. It doesn’t matter, as […]
Goal-Free Dating
Valentine’s Day is here. A time of celebration for some. A day of great emptiness for others. Think about the pressure that men and women 25+ put on themselves when it comes to dating. They have convinced themselves that they will be happy when they are in a relationship. That the right person will “complete” […]
Making an Impact
My theme for 2006 is “impact.” It makes me feel incredible when I receive emails, like this one… FINALLY! Stephen, Thank you so much. I could never put my finger on it, but the high pressure of all the goal setting made me anxious, and I felt like I was missing the boat half the […]
Three Cheers for Change
I recently received an email with the subject line, “Three Cheers for Change.” It is the story of Erin McElvaney, and her interpretation of Goal-Free Living, based on her own experiences. For Erin, it means leading a life of adventure. For now, that is her compass setting. I predict that through her travels and new […]
Business Plans = Bankruptcy?
I recently received the following email… I appreciated your blog entry on goal-free business. My experience with start-ups has taught me that it is the journey, because the destination isn’t always what you originally intended. The first start-up company I was with managed to sell for profit in the midst of the telco bust (we […]
The Unexpected Exceeds Expectations
I have been on the road for 3 weeks and am now back in Boston for 10 days before hitting the road again. The tour has been great fun so far! I want to share with you a recent experience from my travels. On the morning of Friday, January 20th, I drove 9 hours from […]
January 24th – the Most Depressing Day?
A British psychologist calculates January 24th to be the most depressing day of the year. One of the reasons has to do with failed resolutions. “The majority of people break their healthy resolutions six to seven days into the new year, and even the hangers-on have fallen off the wagon, torn off the nicotine patches […]
Business Week featuring Goal-Free Living
BusinessWeek.com has a new quiz entitled, “Ready to Start a Business?” Depending on your score, you might find that Goal-Free Living is the solution. Take this quiz and see if the time is right for you to start making your vision a reality So you dream of quitting your job and building a business from […]
Funny Email
Here’s an email I received last night… I just got your book yesterday and started reading it. My 7 year old 1st grader came over and slowly spelled out the title: goal-free-li-ving. He then remarked “I didn’t know there was a book about our soccer team!???” – his poor team hasn’t scored one single goal […]
Letters to the Editor — O Magazine
The response to the O, The Oprah Magazine article about Goal-Free Living (written by Dawn Raffel, Executive Articles Editor for the magazine) was overwhelming. Several of the letters to the editor were shared with me. All were incredibly inspiring. In this month’s O, they published one of those letters. Enjoy. My love for O was […]