Keep your goals to yourself
Posted on September 7, 2010 in Off Topic | 1 Comment
After hitting on a brilliant new life plan, our first instinct is to tell someone — but Derek Sivers says it’s better to keep goals secret. He presents research stretching as far back as the 1920s to show why people who talk about their ambitions may be less likely to achieve them.
VIA: TEDtalksDirector
One Comment
hmmm, maybe from the point of view that “telling” is a form of completion and “not telling” is a form of motivation to complete so you can tell people.
but I think that some goals need to be communicated – especially those that require participation