What Is A Sisyphean Task?
In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was son of Aeolus and founder and king of Corinth. Renowned for his cunning, he was said to have outwitted even Death. For his disrespect to Zeus, he was condemned to eternal punishment in Tartarus. There he eternally pushed a heavy rock to the top of a steep hill, where it would always roll down again. A difficult and futile endeavor may be called a “labor of Sisyphus” or a “Sisyphean task.” Let’s assume that after a little consideration you’ve come up with a few things you’d like to work on. We’ll call these long-term goals. For illustrative purpose I’m going to use the example goals of “I want to improve the way I look” and “I want to be more productive.” If you’ve read anything about goal setting you’ll realize that these long-term goals are pretty vague, and a vague goal isn’t nearly as useful as a specific one. That’s alright though, because we’re going to look at each goal individually and extract more specific goals. What Are Your Goals? >Lose Fat >
