Does what I said here and here answer this? the goal isn’t “put the breaks on internally motivated ambition”, it’s “if you want to get unambitious people to do bigger projects, you will achieve your goal faster if you start them with a snowball rather than try to skip them straight to Very Big Plans”.
I separately think we should be clearer on the distinction between goals (things you are actively working on, have a plan with concrete next steps and feedback loops, and could learn from failure) and dreams (things you vaguely aspire and maybe are working in the vicinity of, but no concrete plans). Dreams are good, but the proper handling of them is pretty different from that of goals.
Does what I said here and here answer this? the goal isn’t “put the breaks on internally motivated ambition”, it’s “if you want to get unambitious people to do bigger projects, you will achieve your goal faster if you start them with a snowball rather than try to skip them straight to Very Big Plans”.
I separately think we should be clearer on the distinction between goals (things you are actively working on, have a plan with concrete next steps and feedback loops, and could learn from failure) and dreams (things you vaguely aspire and maybe are working in the vicinity of, but no concrete plans). Dreams are good, but the proper handling of them is pretty different from that of goals.