That's brilliant, I got half way there on my own, but I think he's onto something. The only real super benefits I've gotten in my life were from permanent changes, not temporary achievements.

Conversely, I've often reached goals by accident from a permanent change (ie, system) but rarely have I reached permanent change by reaching a goal. (even when they are spectacular goals).

(got to go back and finish the article now... a note of trivia, I had an inlaw that worked in the same office as Scott, and thought the cartoons were funny. He worked for a phone company in California.)