When you write down or think about your intentions, there’s a gap between where you are and where you want to be. The compelling need to close this gap helps you to act on your intentions. But when you let others know about it, the gap closes because you (artificially) feel the same way you should after completing your intentions. The researchers concluded that telling people what you want to achieve creates a premature sense of completeness. While you feel a sense of pride in letting people know what you intend to do, that pride doesn’t motivate you and can in fact hurt you later on.
If My Paw Dog Can’t Come I’m Not Going Shirt
The main takeaway is this: You’re better off keeping your thoughts and plans to yourself if you want to get things done. The next time you want to complete a goal, put your head down and get to it, instead of telling everyone around you. You’re in a desert, walking along in the sand when all of a sudden you look down… You look down and see a tortoise, Leon. It’s crawling toward you… You reach down and you flip the tortoise over on its back… The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can’t.