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Sep 2016
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#061 Ted Tuesdays - "Keep Your Goals to ...

KEVIN CONWELL
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Get the transcript at www.feelgoodenglish.com/sivers Do you Share Your English Goals? If you have a big, new, exciting goal, are you tempted to share it with the world? Well, sharing them might have negative consequences. After hitting on a brilliant new life plan, our first instinct is to tell someone, but Derek Sivers says it's better to keep goals secret.He presents research stretching as far back as the 1920s to show why people who talk about their ambitions may be less likely to achieve them.In this episode of the Feel Good English podcast, learn why you shouldn't share your goals, but if you have to, how to share your goals in a way that will help you achieve them.

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