Goals & Motivation
Wanting the thing versus wanting to have done it
A distinction that explains a great deal of stalled ambition, and a test that resolves it in about a minute.
Topic
goals
Every Peppy Talks article tagged goals — 4 pieces across 1 section.
Goals & Motivation
Systems, not goals, is half right
A popular slogan with a genuine insight inside it and a failure mode that its advocates rarely mention.
Goals & Motivation
Why most goals should be smaller
Ambitious targets are motivating at the point of setting and are the main reason plans collapse in the second month.
Goals & Motivation
Goal setting: what the evidence supports and what it does not
Specific difficult goals do improve performance under conditions that are frequently absent from the situations people apply them to.