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Goal setting

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You fail to reach goals by ignoring obstacles ahead.
Mental contrasting demonstrates that visualizing success without anticipating specific obstacles actually reduces your…
You view your past habits through an overly optimistic lens.
The 'false hope syndrome' describes a phenomenon where people fail in their attempts to change because they set unreal…
A minor lapse in control leads to a total collapse.
The 'what-the-hell' effect describes how a small violation of a goal leads to the abandonment of that goal entirely.…
You work harder as you approach a finish line.
The 2006 study by Kivetz, Urminsky, and Zheng demonstrated that providing artificial, or 'illusionary,' progress towar…