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To score, keep your goals to yourself: Study
The whole article is interesting. I have always set goals and have read a lot on the subject. I've always thought that telling people what you are going to do had this effect. Not that I haven't sometimes done it, it's an easy fix.
The part in bold is what made me think this might be a useful article to SP especially.
Any thoughts on goals and the article?
Whether you plan to cure cancer, lose weight or be the world's best parent, results of a new study suggest you'd do well to keep your mouth shut about it. And not just to avoid annoying other people.
Researchers report that when dealing with identity goals — that is, the aspirations that define who we are — sharing our intentions doesn't necessarily motivate achievement. On the contrary, a series of experiments shows that when others take notice of our plans, performance is compromised because we gain "a premature sense of completeness" about the goal...
"(Take) a mother who talks about all the great things she's going to do for her kids — help them do better in school, get better test scores, give them extra training — while all the other mothers nod in approval," says Gollwitzer. "The chances are high that she won't do as much as she could to achieve those goals because she's already viewed as an ideal mother just by sharing her wonderful intentions." ...
Sirois theorizes the study's findings also have implications for people with a more limited view of their goals and the steps required to achieve them.
"If you're more short-term focused, (getting noticed) may decrease your commitment to follow through with those intentions; you lose sight of the larger goal because you can't see the forest for the trees," she says. "But if you're the sort of person who thinks about things in the big picture, praise will only reinforce your motivation to continue on."...
The whole article is interesting. I have always set goals and have read a lot on the subject. I've always thought that telling people what you are going to do had this effect. Not that I haven't sometimes done it, it's an easy fix.
The part in bold is what made me think this might be a useful article to SP especially.
Any thoughts on goals and the article?