Do you enjoy the process or just the result?

United States
September 24, 2009 7:58am CST
Do you enjoy the journey or you only want to get there?Most things in life take time to develop. I try to enjoy every moment of the process. I would look forward to the end but I would be patient to see it.How about you?
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@sblossom (2168)
24 Sep 09
Patience is a virtue. Now I’m more interested and patient with the process instead of focusing on a result. I think if I enjoy the process and do my best during the time at last I will get a good result. Even the result is not satisfied, but at least I have enjoyed the process. Because of this attitude now I feel myself more quiet and calm. I’m more positive with life too. Maybe my age or my personal experience also helped me to reach it.
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@babshish (1387)
• India
24 Sep 09
Hi, See both are inter-related to each other. Like process are set based on experiences for particular result. So when you follow the process you are almost sure what will be the result. And sometimes it happens that you setup a process after getting the result. So I believe in taking a decision based on the situation where you need to decide if process needs to be followed or after seeing the results you will make a process for future. But yes following a process will ensure that you will not be doing any mistakes and even if mistakes happens you have something to look back and see the steps or process where you missed. ]
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@prinzcy (32305)
• Malaysia
24 Sep 09
I enjoy both process and result. Even though I am not an impatient person, I would enjoy the result more if I do and follow the process. It's like something we get for free and something we work hard to earn. We will appreciate something that we work hard to earn more due to the effort to earn it.
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@kevchua (1004)
• Malaysia
24 Sep 09
To me, the process is as interesting as the results. When you're involved in the process, you see what takes place, where the mistakes are, how to correct the mistakes, and then comes the result.
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@taogang (103)
• China
24 Sep 09
I do enjoy the process If I am in my tour,Because the scene is what I interest in.But when I do an certain thing I enjoy the result ,If the result is what I expect to get .I think there is no absolute answer when take the same situation to different people,whether he or she choose the process or the result all up to his or her own...
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• China
24 Sep 09
I really want to succeed, but I'll also enjoy the process, although I may experience a really tough time in my process to success, no problem. I believe I'll become more mature and even better after that. And I can learn from the difficulties. I always prepare for the best, and expect for the worst. But I think: never give up and the final success will come right after the last try.
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• Canada
25 Sep 09
Sometimes the process can be just as interesting as the result. Also, many process can lead to the same result. That's what I keep telling my husband. His ex-wives used to pick at him and tell him how to do things. I'm happy with what gets done, but how he does it is his own business.
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• United States
26 Sep 09
You are one of the wisest women I know.My mom would show my dad how to do things but when he did them the wromng way , she would have to correct him. So she round up doing the task herself.
@miamilady (4910)
• United States
26 Sep 09
I think the journey is essential to our growth. If we always had instant gratification we probably wouldn't appreciate things as much. I tend to me an impatient person for small things, but I also think I have a decent understanding of life and I think it's important for us to try to appreciate the small things in life. I once read a book called "Simple Abundance". I think it helped to to appreciate some of the simple pleasures in life.
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• United States
26 Sep 09
The best things in life are worth the wait.Have you noticed that most things work out Just the way they should?