It's the goal or the process?

It is not the goal that makes you happy, it who you become in the pursuit of the goal ( T. Robbins).

I came across this quote from Robbins recently and I really gave some serious thoughts about it, and my take is that both are important but everything start with the process.

Having the right mindset on everything you do, putting the "Craftsman Mindset" (from C. Newport's definition) in every daily activity plus being fed by feedback, allows you to develop new abilities that through daily practice will become new skills.

Putting the best of yourself will also allow you to feel proud of what you are doing and appreciate every details of your daily work, my experience is that where I put my focus I can find beauty and appreciation, and this is something that allows me to keep going and make sense of everything after a day of hard work.

But in order to wake up everyday and start moving forward it is important to know where you want to go, this is my meaning of goal. It is important to have an objective, a target you want to achieve, otherwise you are not travelling, you are just hanging around.

You might get to your goal, you might over achieve it or might not get there, there are always external factors that impact and that you cannot change, but no one and nothing can never take away the skills you acquired, the feeling of proudness for a thing or a task you did at 100% and for what you have experienced during the travel that finally brought you to be a better version of yourself, which I believe it is our final goal.