1. I set goals and didn’t tell anyone. I’ve always been a big believer in working when no one is watching- setting secret goals, executing, then surprising with the results. Common advice that I hear is to tell people your goals so that you will be accountable. Research has found that if you tell someone your goal then you get the majority of the mental benefit of having achieved the goal. If you tell someone that you’re going to run a marathon, and the dopamine release is almost the same as having already ran the marathon. Goal-sharing can be incredibly demotivating.
