2014: Happy New Year, GotWoot!

[Buffalobiian]

That's interesting. Now that I've read it, I tend to agree with him because the whole peer pressure thing assumes that people will piss on you if you don't achieve those goals - and not many people actually do. It's true that while if you've told people your goals, got recognised and then started some training you feel a sense of accomplishment, while if you hadn't told anyone your goals your sense of accomplishment comes from actually finishing it.

Then again, this assumes that your sense of accomplishment hinders you from actually accomplishing something. The study did some tests and inferred the end result from there. It didn't actually look at how well people achieved the goals that they spoke about.

[Animeniax]

Then again, this assumes that your sense of accomplishment hinders you from actually accomplishing something. The study did some tests and inferred the end result from there. It didn't actually look at how well people achieved the goals that they spoke about.

Yeah as with most studies, this study assumes a lot from a very narrow set of parameters and observations. Still, what goes for most people usually doesn't hold for me, so while I can see most people quitting after getting the social approval for setting their goals, I only get that high from actually completing those goals. Maybe it's because I'm used to people doubting that I will accomplish those goals...