731: How to Harness Motivation…According to Science with Ayelet Fishbach
How to Be Awesome at Your Job
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Goals Are More Motivating Than Less Motivating
We find that goals, ta em, that are intrinsic t feel good to pursue, are mortivating. And so ideally, you should think about setting a goal that you have may be 80 % chance of achieving on a daily basis. The studies show that when people are in this zone where they are not sure that they can do it, but if they work hard, they will. In this uncertain zone, this is where you see the energy level picks up and we want people to set dogos more than do not gas or apprortgas not.
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