Announcing your plans makes you less motivated to accomplish them (2009)
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Re: Announcing your plans makes you less motivated to accomplish them (2009)
#2poppycock
Re: Announcing your plans makes you less motivated to accomplish them (2009)
#3My experience confirms the decrease in motivation after anouncement of a new exercise routine, diet, or life plan. Keep it private unless you already have a 100% committment within yourself to follow through. I pre-announced that I was quitting smoking, but I was really ready, and haven't smoked in 12+ years.
Re: Announcing your plans makes you less motivated to accomplish them (2009)
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Re: Announcing your plans makes you less motivated to accomplish them (2009)
#5It definitely sets back the initial excitement or motivation behind a new idea, especially if it's half-backed. Can confirm from experience.
Re: Announcing your plans makes you less motivated to accomplish them (2009)
#6Depends on how you do it. Announce a launch date for your project and tell me you're not 100% busting your ass to try and meet it.
Re: Announcing your plans makes you less motivated to accomplish them (2009)
#7I sometimes wonder if a similar mechanism might be at play when you imagine accomplishing your goal in a Walter Mitty sort of way.
There are many projects which I can envision completing, and which I know I have the technical skills for. But I gain a certain amount of satisfaction just from picturing the completed work, and in the end I don't actually put in the effort to make it reality.
Re: Announcing your plans makes you less motivated to accomplish them (2009)
#8That has the exact opposite effect on me. I actually use that method to shame myself into accomplishing what I've announced...
Re: Announcing your plans makes you less motivated to accomplish them (2009)
#9I'd word it differently:
"Share your 'go up' goals selectively... share your 'go up' goals with everyone you possibly can"
So, if you want to give up smoking, share that with everyone including your mailman. They will help you on your path. However, beware of sharing your 'go up' goals - like starting a business - with others... they might drag you down.
Re: Announcing your plans makes you less motivated to accomplish them (2009)
#10I generally find this is true. I work better on side projects and such if no one knows I'm doing it.