A recent conversation with a dear friend on goal commitment made me realise some people’s acute difficulty in staying committed to their goals. Even the simplest ones, such as clicking on a newsletter button to read the whole essay or article. Staying committed to your goals takes work. It doesn’t have to be a struggle, …
(Editor’s note: though this article mostly talks about goal setting around cycling, the ideas and concepts apply equally well in many other types of goals.) Cycling is a sport that heavily rewards consistency with regular training as the cornerstone of any good training plan. Motivation is the underpinning element that is arguably the most important …
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Most people associate the summer months with going to the pool, fireworks, and beach vacations. Workplace productivity tends to take a nosedive during the summer, but this doesn’t have to be the case for you. Let’s look at why the summer slump happens and how to stay motivated all year long. Why are we less productive in …
Peter Reid was once a legendary triathlete, a three-time Ironman World Champion (1998, 2000, 2003) who was seemingly unstoppable. But in 2006, he began having doubts. After finishing a race in first place, he dishearteningly remarked to a friend, “What am I supposed to do? Win again?” At another competition, he didn’t even make it …
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When you have a daunting mountain to climb, it is often best to break it into molehills. In his classic paper, “Small Wins,” University of Michigan psychologist Karl Weick argued that large social problems are best broken down into smaller ones with concrete achievable goals. Social problems as enormous as, say, unemployment, can be so overwhelming that solutions …
Your goals feel boring or blah. You’re not seeing the progress you expected to by this point. You’ve messed up along the way. You don’t have enough time to take action on the plan you masterminded at the beginning of the year. You feel overwhelmed. You feel guilty. We’ve all been there! And though any one of …
This world of ours is so fast paced, it is easy to feel like we are constantly balancing a hundred things at once. With technology, computers, and phones which are rarely more than an arm’s length away, we have 24/7 access to an endless feed of videos, photos, friends, news, sports, games, and entertainment. While, …
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In 1780, hunched over a table at his home in London, Jeremy Bentham wrote the first lines of the first chapter of one of his most famous works. It read, “Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters: pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought …
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How do some people seem to take charge of their lives while others struggle? How are these people always in a productive, easy groove and seemingly immune to adversity? People like this apparently buck the trend of “just getting by,” maybe possessing a top-secret formula for success. Somehow, they found a way around roadblocks to …
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We’ve heard loads about the best time-management skills out there and how they can help everyone from college students to working parents. Several studies have shown that with good time-management, you can improve your career, academic performance and well-being. You’ll get more things done and make the most of your limited time. You’ll breeze through your …
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