Something I’m learning about myself lately is that, not only does setting goals not motivate me, it usually demotivates me to work toward the goal.
If I set a goal to read 10 books in a year, I probably would read 0. But if I just don’t set a goal, I could read 5–10 no problem.
Does anyone else work this way? I’m trying to understand it.
Isaac Halvorson /
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2024-12-13 02:36:30
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