“If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there” – Lewis Carroll
That's not a good quotation to cite when suggesting you define your goals :)
That's not a good quotation to cite when suggesting you define your goals :)
Thus you need goals, so you know the success condition of your strategy. The Lewis Carroll quote is quite appropriate here.
Or succinctly: life is about adventure, so don't make plans.
"Cheshire Puss, she began, rather timidly, as she did not know at all whether it would like the name: however, it only grinned a little wider. Come, it's pleased so far, thought Alice, and she went on. Would you tell me please, which way I ought to go from here?
That depends a good deal on where you want to get to said the cat.
I don't much care where, said Alice.
Then it doesn't matter which way you go, said the cat.
... So long as I get somewhere, Alice added as an explanation.
Oh, your sure to do that, said the cat, if you only walk long enough."
I'm not being flippant. Honing goals brings clarity and helps focus one's energy.
It's very easy to fall into this and end up with lots of crappy projects that continue on for months. Especially when you first start out as a freelancer and worry about getting consistent work.