TED: Keep your goals to yourself | Derek Sivers

The video discusses the impact of sharing personal goals on motivation and achievement. It highlights psychological studies showing that announcing goals can create a false sense of accomplishment, reducing the drive to complete them. The video advises against sharing goals to maintain motivation and suggests ways to frame goals without losing satisfaction.

What is the initial effect of sharing your personal goals with others?

• It makes you forget about your goals.

• It has no effect on your motivation.

• It gives you a false sense of accomplishment.

• It makes you more determined to achieve them.

According to psychological research, what happens when you tell someone your goal?

• You work harder to prove yourself.

• Your mind is tricked into feeling the goal is already achieved.

• You feel less satisfied with your progress.

• You become more committed to achieving it.

What is the term used to describe the phenomenon where acknowledging a goal makes it feel real in the mind?

• Social reality

• Goal illusion

• Motivational paradox

• Cognitive dissonance

What did the studies mentioned in the video find about people who kept their goals private?

• They worked longer and felt they had more to do.

• They lost interest in their goals.

• They felt closer to achieving their goals.

• They worked less towards their goals.

What is one strategy mentioned for discussing goals without losing motivation?

• State goals in a way that provides no satisfaction.

• Announce goals publicly to increase accountability.

• Share goals only with close friends.

• Avoid talking about goals altogether.