KLPNO
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Hello everyone,
From the book Psychology of Hope by Charles Snyder.
"We were not just going anywhere, however. We gave careful thought to where we wanted to go. These thoughts, of course, were about goals. Humanity’s earliest goals were basic and centered, perhaps, on shelter or food. Whatever the goal, we began to think of ourselves as moving toward the achievement of those goals, and our species succeeded in the grand survival game.
Just as our ancestors did, today we think about getting from where we are now, let’s call it Point A, to where we want to go, say Point B. In this context, Point B stands for any of the many goals we may envision ourselves wanting to pursue. In aiming at goals, we are constantly engaging in mental target practice. At the risk of appearing overly simplistic, I believe that life is made up of thousands and thousands of instances in which we think about and navigate from Point A to Point B."
According to Merriam-Webster, target practice means:
www.merriam-webster.com
practice in shooting at targets
But I'm a bit unsure as to what "mental target practice" means.
Does it mean that we constantly imagine/envision the successful achievement of the goal?
From the book Psychology of Hope by Charles Snyder.
"We were not just going anywhere, however. We gave careful thought to where we wanted to go. These thoughts, of course, were about goals. Humanity’s earliest goals were basic and centered, perhaps, on shelter or food. Whatever the goal, we began to think of ourselves as moving toward the achievement of those goals, and our species succeeded in the grand survival game.
Just as our ancestors did, today we think about getting from where we are now, let’s call it Point A, to where we want to go, say Point B. In this context, Point B stands for any of the many goals we may envision ourselves wanting to pursue. In aiming at goals, we are constantly engaging in mental target practice. At the risk of appearing overly simplistic, I believe that life is made up of thousands and thousands of instances in which we think about and navigate from Point A to Point B."
According to Merriam-Webster, target practice means:
Definition of TARGET PRACTICE
practice in shooting at targets… See the full definition
www.merriam-webster.com
practice in shooting at targets
But I'm a bit unsure as to what "mental target practice" means.
Does it mean that we constantly imagine/envision the successful achievement of the goal?
