Successful People Are Goal Orienteded

Successful people are goal oriented. Where many become doubtful and pessimistic, successful people persist with their goal in mind. This is taught in business schools and indirectly in competitive sports. Failure is seen as something you learn from -- something that makes you stronger. In fact, many entrepreneurs with successful Internet businesses teach that you should fail often and quickly when starting out in order to achieve rapid success. But what if failure in an activity means death?

The slopes of Mount Everest 's "death zone" are littered with the bodies of driven, goal oriented, and successful people. Some of these deaths occurred when the climber pushed on in spite of indications of poor weather, physical exhaustion, altitude sickness, or insufficient oxygen. Driven by their goal of summiting, confirmation bias (the tendency of seeing reality as you wish it to be, rather than as it is) made them disregard these negative indicators.

She would turn around or land at the nearest airport. The goal oriented pilot would act on the instrument that supports his desire to complete what he set out to do. Too much conservatism can lead to lost time and missed appointments. Too much goal orientation can lead to a plane crash.

There is a paradox about flying. Successful and goal oriented people tend to have the income to support such an expensive activity. Making a living from flying also requires the goal oriented and successful type of person. Getting through the rigors of acquiring a pilot license requires goal orientation and drive as well.

The very characteristics that make it possible for a person to become a pilot, also contribute to making dangerous and sometimes fatal pilot errors. To fly safely, pilots must become objective thinkers. They need to recognize when their own rationalization, confirmation bias, denial, and other thought patterns are leading them astray from objective