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Why Announcing Your Plan Can Make It Harder to Start
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You tell the family at dinner that you're getting back into running, three mornings a week. Everyone cheers, and for about an hour you feel like a runner. A month later the new shoes are still in the box, someone asks how it's going, and you're left thinking you're all talk.
This episode looks at why that pattern may say more about the announcement than about your character. A set of small studies found that when people's plans were noticed, they sometimes felt closer to the goal and did less of the work, especially when the goal mattered to them.
It also explains why the answer isn't keeping everything secret. Telling the right person, sharing a specific step instead of a big intention, and reporting what you've actually done can turn talking about a plan into something that helps you follow through.
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This episode looks at why that pattern may say more about the announcement than about your character. A set of small studies found that when people's plans were noticed, they sometimes felt closer to the goal and did less of the work, especially when the goal mattered to them.
It also explains why the answer isn't keeping everything secret. Telling the right person, sharing a specific step instead of a big intention, and reporting what you've actually done can turn talking about a plan into something that helps you follow through.
Follow 7 Good Minutes for new episodes every day.
Watch 7 Good Minutes on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@7goodminutes
7 Good Minutes is presented by OCEANSCAPE and published by The Extraordinary Network.