learning to focus on our purposes and not on our targets can help us see things more positively and not let us consider "failures" (=not reaching a target) as such.
for example, an olympic swimmer was crying tears of joy after ending 4th, on the contrary the tv commentator was pretty surprised (kinda disappointed too, in a way?) of this: they thought she would have felt bad as "everyone was waiting a medal from her", but the swimmer said it was actually the best day of her life. the swimmer simply didn't look at the result the same way as the commentator: she was focusing on her purpose and not on a target. her purpose was to be there at the olympics (she couldn't join 3 years ago nor was able to be part of such a tough race until not long ago) and not to win a medal (= target: ofc she'd have loved winning a medal, but that would have been a plus).
our definition of success and failure changes a lot according on what we focus on (purpose or target) and therefore also the way we live our daily life can be influenced a lot by the "kind of glasses we wear" (the mindset/pov we work from). choosing to look at our purposes more than our targets to confront what happens, what goes on in our life, can help us have a more balanced and quiet mind.
