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Originally Posted by Peanut
I think someone mentioned earlier that surrounding yourself with positive people and keeping a positive attitude *generally* brings good and positive stuff into your life. Surrounding yourself with negative people and having a negative attitude generally does not bring positivity into your life. And I think everyone's perspective is different regarding what might be postive or negative in their lives, but it's obvious from different reactions in this thread who's positive and who's not. I myself said my soul was a bit crushed by doing engineering work everyday, so perhaps I fall into the negative group as well.
It's pretty hard to "take the plunge" for a big goal or dream if all the people in your life tell you that you can't do it, the reasons why you can't do it, and/or that you're crazy. Sometimes thinking big or thinking outside the box is pretty hard to do if you're focused on the negatives and the people around you are quick to shoot you down. That's just been my experience. Why the heck not set a goal to own a jet in 10 years? If you fail in meeting that goal, what's the big f'in deal?
You don't have to go all new-agey with it. But you just don't want to hold yourself back is the only thing.
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I think you've confused realism for negativity with respect to my posts.
And on goals in general (not talking about the jet here) - I think a lot of you need a refresher on what a goal is exactly. It's an end point. When you set a goal, you begin at a starting point. To achieve a goal, you need a plan. Without a plan to achieve the goal, the goal is unachievable. Therefore, when somebody has a realistic plan to achieve a goal, it is reasonable to encourage them. Without a plan to achieve their goal, their goal just becomes nonsense.