THE THIRD
Exit METRIC
MARTIN GEE
HUFFINGTON
10.27.13
The Art of Getting
Exactly What You Want
BY CAROLINE GREGOIRE
OW DO WE GET what
we want in work and
in life? That question
drives many of our habits and behaviors, and has made
self-help — with countless books,
workshops, seminars and retreats
promising the elusive answer to
that very question — a billiondollar industry. It’s made titles
like Goals! How To Get Everything
H
You Want — Faster Than You Ever
Thought Possible, See You At The
Top, and How to Win Friends & Influence People best-sellers.
A thousand different pieces of
advice promise the path to getting what you want, most of which
involve overcoming your fear and
persevering through setbacks. And
in addition to external resistance,
we tend to set up a lot of obstacles