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Harvard Business Review: Why we set unattainable goals
17 Jan, 2021 03:00 AM
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Psychology helps to explain why we re so bad at meeting our goals. Photo / Getty Images
Psychology helps to explain why we re so bad at meeting our goals. Photo / Getty Images
Harvard Business Review Every December, many of us find ourselves scribbling resolutions at the back of our journals or making mental notes on what we hope to achieve in the coming year. And yet, one study suggests that a mere 19 per cent of us achieve those goals, even over the following two years.
There are many reasons for this not knowing how to pursue the goal, a lack of willpower or the choice of vague objectives, for instance, or the role unanticipated external forces (e.g., illness, an economic downturn).
All you need to know about the band Hawkwind
Author Dave Thompson talks about the many facets of his Encyclopaedia Hawkwindia tome on this episode of the Goldmine Podcast, and the many things that make Hawkwind a special rock band.
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(after all, the name Motörhead
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Published in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences journal, the study determined that even after controlling genetic risk for anxiety, depression and neuroticism, people reported greater discrimination experiences.