Why we should all give up on goals already

This is a list of key vocabulary and expressions from the article in order of how useful they are. The student must choose 6 items from the list to study in the lesson.

Weird

To give up

To trick someone

To mess (something) up

An outcome

To figure out

To end up (doing) something

To stick to something

To tackle something

To turn something into something

A peer

A downside

To thrive

To set off

Flawed

To point (something) out

Vague

To hinder

To hang up

To slip up

To shield/ A shield 

To slack off

15 conversation-provoking questions related to the article.

1. Do you agree with the article?

2. What are your goals?

3. How different were your goals 10 years ago?

4. Do you think that, in general, people have the correct goals?

5. Are you an ambitious person?

6. Are poor people less ambitious than rich people?

7. Is being ambitious always a good thing?

8. Oprah Winfrey said "the reason I've been able to be so financially successful is my focus has never, ever for one minute been money”. Do you agree with her?

9. Does your employer provide you with targets or goals?

10. Are these targets helpful?

11. Is pressure to meet targets helpful?

12. Do you have strong will power?

13. How have the goals of women changed over the last century?

14. Has this made women happier?

15. How have the goals of men changed over the last century?