Goals or not?

I recently read Jim Rohn’s classic book “ 7 Strategies for Wealth and Happiness”. As I’ve done with a few books lately, I had a brief discussion about it with GPT-4o to see if there were insights that I missed.

I asked for the main takeaway from the book and got this response:

One of the biggest takeaways from Jim Rohn’s “The Seven Strategies for Wealth and Happiness” is the importance of setting clear, achievable goals. Rohn emphasizes that having a vision and plan for your life is crucial for both personal and financial success. Did any specific strategy resonate with you the most?

It’s a solid answer and after a bit of back and forth I pressed into the goal setting a bit more and contrasted it a bit with the lessons from Emmanual Acho about not setting goals. Here was that quick conversation:

Me:
Well, in Emmanuel Acho’s book, Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, he is against goal setting, which contradicts this book. How do you see the two of those?

GPT-4o:
That’s an interesting contrast. Emmanuel Acho argues against traditional goal-setting because it can lead to disappointment and a narrow focus, potentially missing out on unexpected opportunities. Instead, he promotes focusing on values and continuous improvement.