Two Types of Goals
As you know, setting and accomplishing goals is key to your success.
Goals give you a direction in life. They solve your problems. They give you productive action.
When you set your goals, you have two options.
“Goals can be divided into two categories. The first would be survival goals and the second would be nonsurvival goals.” — L. Ron Hubbard
“Survival,” in this case, includes living, thriving, creating and succeeding. Your goals are survival if they include improvement for as many parts of your life as possible. They make you happy.
“Nonsurvival” includes anything that blocks or destroys successful living. Your goals are nonsurvival goals if they result with harm to you or others. They make you miserable.
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10 Examples of Nonsurvival Goals
Nonsurvival goals can be short emotional responses or lifetime purposes. In all cases, these goals lead to misery for everyone.
- “I hope the driver of that car gets in an accident and dies.”
- “He didn’t give me that promotion, so my goal is to ruin his reputation.”
- “Make a million bucks by pretending to be injured by this machine so I can sue the company.”
- “That country won’t go along with our plans, so our goal is to overthrow its government.”
- “I’m going to send her nasty emails because she ignores me.”
- “My goal is to destroy that church because they insulted me.”
- “I think I’ll drink myself to death by the age of 34.”
- “I’m going to post fake reviews and complain to the health department about that restaurant so my restaurant is more successful.”
- “He left me, so I’m never, ever going to be happy again.”
- “I’m going to become famous by shooting a famous person.”
When you reach a nonsurvival goal, you produce destruction, pain or suffering.
Antisocial people set nonsurvival goals. When good people set nonsurvival goals, they are usually under the influence of an antisocial person.
When you set nonsurvival goals, you fill your life with blame, irresponsibility and revenge. You create your own hell on earth.
10 Examples of Survival Goals
Most people set survival goals. Their goals are beneficial to you and others. They want to make themselves and everyone around them as happy as possible.
- “Our goal is to build a flying car that anyone can afford and use, and become billionaires!”
- “The goal for my family is to raise our kids to be valuable to society.”
- “Help eliminate malaria in Africa.”
- “Live to 100 by exercising and eating healthy food.”
- “Support my ex-wife in her new marriage.”
- “Make people feel good by painting beautiful artwork for them to enjoy.”
- “Protect the environment for all future lives.”
- “Help my two neighbors end their hatred toward each other.”
- “Provide hundreds of jobs to people in my city.”
- “Build a world without criminals, without insanity and without war.
When you set survival goals, you increase your personal power. You do good for the world.
Recommendations
1. List all of your goals. Write down old goals, failed goals, current goals, future goals, all of them.
2. Circle each goal that is nonsurvival. Use red ink.
3. Transform nonsurvival goals into survival goals. Examples:
“Get very, very rich by making stupid people give me money.”
“Get very, very rich by helping people get smart and earn more money with my help.”
“Punish drug addicts. Put them in jail so they can’t use drugs.”
“Help addicts become high on life by improving their health, teaching them work skills and increasing their courage.”
“You only live once, right? So my goal is to eat, drink and be merry as my full-time job.”
“If I only get to live once, I need to make it a long, happy life while building a legacy!”
“Our goal is to stop polluters. We’ll organize protests and yell as loud as we can. Block traffic! Break windows!”
“Educate people about the serious damage we cause with pollution. Get influencers to help. Create amazing videos that go viral!
“I’ll get even with him by looking very sad and hopeless. I’ll get sick and blame him for my condition.”
“I’ll get back at him by being a professional and more successful than ever!”
4. Every time you feel an urge to set a nonsurvival goal, quickly change it to a survival goal and you’ll be much happier.
5. Encourage others to do the same. Transforming nonsurvival goals into survival goals benefits everyone.
Imagine a world where everyone did this.
