The self-help industrial complex has sold us a beautiful lie: that the right goals, properly set and vigorously pursued, will deliver the life we want. Write them down. Make them SMART. Track your progress. Celebrate your wins.
But here's what they don't tell you: goals are brittle. They shatter the moment reality refuses to cooperate with your carefully crafted plans. And reality, as it turns out, is spectacularly uncooperative.
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