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243. Motivation to Get it Done with Ayelet Fishbach

Psychologists Off the Clock

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Are Abstract Goals Better Than Specific Goals?

You've mentioned a few times how abstract goals are better. And this was another one that i went, wait what? This is the opposite of what i thought. When i think about a target, it's better to be specific than to just say, i'm going to exercise as much as i can. So walking ten thousand steps is a better goal than walkmore or run the chicago marathon in under five hours.

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