I would like to draw your attention to this new book - Goal Free Living by Steve Shapiro.
Than main idea, as I understood, is that not all people can be goal-oriented. Many people can't motivate themselves by the goals of our achievement-oriented society.
Steve said:
"I've done a number of surveys on the relationship between people's goals and their happiness. What I've found is that most people keep sacrificing "today" for "tomorrow." They'll set a goal, plan it out, work hard, achieve the goal, and then say, "Okay, that was great; what's next?" They're constantly striving to achieve these goals in the belief that life's going to get better."
Maybe, such point of view also can be useful. For me life is great as a process, including the process of goal achievement. But if you have problems with being happy in this process - you should review the necessity of your goals.
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