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What does it mean?
You cannot measure success if you have forgotten your original goals.
In plain terms
How do you know you won if you forgot what you wanted?
What can you take from it?
Keep your goals clear to judge success.

Where it applies

  • long projects
  • career shifts

Putting it to work

  • document objectives
  • review aims regularly

Questions to consider

  • What was your original aim?
  • How do you define success?

Another view

Goals sometimes evolve naturally rather than being forgotten.

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