When I go through this Daily Questions exercise in classes, I hit people with one of my most confident predictions. “Within two weeks,” I announce, “half of you will give up and stop answering the Daily Questions.” Then I explain that it’s not just that they’ll slack off on a few of their goals. They’ll give up keeping score altogether. They’ll abandon the entire process. That’s human nature, I say. In every group, not everyone can get A’s, even if people are scoring themselves. Some people will try harder than others, creating a hierarchy of effort. I am confident in my prediction because I
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