The Real Question Behind 'What Do You Want?'
interesting, i never understood the concept of &quot;want&quot;-ing anything<p>the last time i can remember that i wanted something was when i was a little kid and i wanted a toy radio, my mum bought it for me and later got &quot;problems&quot; at home because of that as we were poor and it was &quot;expensive&quot;, after that i felt bad for wanting it<p>that was the last time i can remember i ever wanted anything<p>similar for goals - when i was a teenager i set an ambitious goal for myself to get a prestigious industry certification before finishing high-school, i thought that it will make me happy, but the moment i achieved it - i felt exactly nothing, that was the last time i set a goal for myself<p>not sure i am weird - but the question &quot;what do you want&quot; sounds silly to me, why would you want anything at all? it wont bring you happiness when you have the biggest truck or house on the street, or when you sell your company for a lot of money or when you get a professorship or whatever other goal you might set for yourself, ask yourself do you really feel joy and happiness when you get there &#x2F; achieve it?<p>do what is right every time a situation calls for it, never take the &quot;easy path&quot; - this way you will never have any regrets, because you simply couldn&#x27;t do more &#x2F; better<p>reading this you might conclude then - ok that sounds like a pretty sad life - so let me add that instead of wanting things, where i found joy and happiness is in doing &quot;good deeds&quot; - try helping someone, make them smile, make their day better and see how will that make you feel, similarly in my professional life - i decided to focus only on what i enjoy and that is solving problems, the harder the challenge the better it makes me feel - the thrill that we are onto something and once one challenge is done i move to another and i feel again alive - that i have a purpose and couldn&#x27;t possibly be more helpful &#x2F; create more &quot;good&quot; in any other way