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Whenever someone says something like, "It's about the journey, not the destination" I'm aware all they want is an ego boost and some attention from people praising them
It's actually about success, not what other people think of you
It doesn't matter what journey you're going through to reach that goal, if you haven't reached it, you are merely a loser, yet you still want people to congratulate you
Such a mindset is especially attractive to young children looking to succeed, those that are already better than their classmates but when competition gets fierce; all of a sudden it's about the destination because your competitors are getting near the destination too and in order to beat them you have to pursue the same goal because no one else will stay to pat you on the back for not succeeding
You are either immune to the consequences or you don't have any consequences, if you have this kind of mindset. One who has lost multiple times is more likely to see it as a great feat they're even trying.
It's ironic really; at the end of the day everyone chases the destination but when you don't find it long enough people say it's about the journey, while still pursuing the destination.
If such a destination is unclear to you, it's most likely you're kidding yourself. People will go on the route to "become a good person" and they eventually give up because they realize all they did was self destruction.
Only regret comes to mind when I think about this. There will be things people regret and instantly they'll go into this mindset when they didn't succeed. It's just the awareness you lost and you're a loser when you think like this. Everyone wants to think their suffering was meaningful; EVERYONE.
Because I was at a point in my life where everyone was actually ahead of me and I realized just how valuable opportunities were, I had this mindset
The main area of focus this quote brings into attention are the mistakes, what could go wrong, you do learn them by failing but if you never got to pursue that destination again, all this knowledge would be meaningless anyway.
Every skill becomes useless if it can't be applied, this is why sword fighting is meaningless, why joining the army is meaningless; things become meaningful when you have a reward system in place.
Meaning is to a skill; What the destination is to your efforts
The only reason you compete is because you think you can win
The only reason someone says, "It's about the journey, not the destination" is because they didn't win or they are aware of plagiarism, this is why they tell you the prize is not worth pursuing
Yet for some reason, they still tell you to suffer and go on this meaningless journey
It's like showing a child an essay in order for them to understand all the alphabets. If they learned the alphabets separately and faster, none of the struggle is worth anything.
If they're chasing learning the alphabets, why not just make them learn the alphabets and why make them go on this journey on this hard essay for them to learn nothing?
It's actually about success, not what other people think of you
It doesn't matter what journey you're going through to reach that goal, if you haven't reached it, you are merely a loser, yet you still want people to congratulate you
Such a mindset is especially attractive to young children looking to succeed, those that are already better than their classmates but when competition gets fierce; all of a sudden it's about the destination because your competitors are getting near the destination too and in order to beat them you have to pursue the same goal because no one else will stay to pat you on the back for not succeeding
You are either immune to the consequences or you don't have any consequences, if you have this kind of mindset. One who has lost multiple times is more likely to see it as a great feat they're even trying.
It's ironic really; at the end of the day everyone chases the destination but when you don't find it long enough people say it's about the journey, while still pursuing the destination.
If such a destination is unclear to you, it's most likely you're kidding yourself. People will go on the route to "become a good person" and they eventually give up because they realize all they did was self destruction.
Only regret comes to mind when I think about this. There will be things people regret and instantly they'll go into this mindset when they didn't succeed. It's just the awareness you lost and you're a loser when you think like this. Everyone wants to think their suffering was meaningful; EVERYONE.
Because I was at a point in my life where everyone was actually ahead of me and I realized just how valuable opportunities were, I had this mindset
The main area of focus this quote brings into attention are the mistakes, what could go wrong, you do learn them by failing but if you never got to pursue that destination again, all this knowledge would be meaningless anyway.
Every skill becomes useless if it can't be applied, this is why sword fighting is meaningless, why joining the army is meaningless; things become meaningful when you have a reward system in place.
Meaning is to a skill; What the destination is to your efforts
The only reason you compete is because you think you can win
The only reason someone says, "It's about the journey, not the destination" is because they didn't win or they are aware of plagiarism, this is why they tell you the prize is not worth pursuing
Yet for some reason, they still tell you to suffer and go on this meaningless journey
It's like showing a child an essay in order for them to understand all the alphabets. If they learned the alphabets separately and faster, none of the struggle is worth anything.
If they're chasing learning the alphabets, why not just make them learn the alphabets and why make them go on this journey on this hard essay for them to learn nothing?
