The Skinny Farmer

By Skinny Farmer Goals are good.  Goals can motivate.  Goals help measure success. Everybody knows that. But not me.  Skinny Farmer has discovered that goals can be bad, too.  Goals can hinder.  And goals can give a false reading of where one is with regard to success. Say what? You are probably wondering right now if Skinny Farmer has spent a little too much time in the hot sun. I assure you that I haven't.  Goals aren't all they are cracked up to be. Martha, hide the children!  Skinny Farmer is about to tell them they can be listless drifters! No, I'm not.  What I have found is that there is something much more powerful than goals to help you succeed. What is that?  I'm fixin' to tell you.

I have a question for you. As a reader, this has an impact upon you just as much, if not more, than it has on me.  So I would like your opinion.  Post your answer down below in the Comments section. For those of you who have been following this know that I have often written that I am on a journey and that I want you to join me on it. I write that for several reasons: First, as you know, despite my name, I haven't yet reached my goal of being Skinny.  But I will.  So I write that I'm on a journey. Additionally, I write that I want you to join me on this journey because I really want the best for you.  I want you to join us as we work and learn and develop healthier lives.  If you join us, we can help keep each other accountable.  Only I am dumb enough to start a blog called the Skinny Farmer when I am neither Skinny nor a farmer.  But if I keep working the plan, both those goals will be realized. I ask you to join me on the journey bec...