Exactly! About the goals: when you set an unrealistic goal, you have to do counterproductive things to get there, and in one way or another, whether you realize or not, you are forced to learn and apply mental models.

These are transferable to absolutely anything you decide to apply them to. So, even if you don’t know what you want to do, or you’re pursing “the wrong thing”, you can still learn these models, and when you find out your true calling, you’re already way ahead of the pack by having these tools.