How Goals Make You More Productive

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Scenario: "Dude, either you're born productive or you're not. You can't change that. Yay!" Oh, sure your badass can. Here's the secret: Set some goals. When you set some goals, you automatically make yourself more productive. According to Psychologist Hara Estroff Marano:
Goals provide focus. With no guiding vision or plan, people tend to drift. Goals provide a measuring stick for progress. Goals enhance productivity. They bolster self-esteem. And most of all, goals increase commitment, so you're more likely to achieve whatever you set out to conquer.
Set some sweet goals.
Posted December 15, 2006 in Leadership, Life

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on How Goals Make You More Productive

Norbert Mocsnik
2006-12-16 01:02:17 UTC

What's more, when you realize that goals immediately affect how you perceive and live the present moment, you'll love having goals all the time.

The point of goals is that they give a certain quality for the present moment.

Go set a goal now.

Andrew
2006-12-16 02:08:45 UTC

Awesome point, Norbert. I can't think of a better way to boost productivity than habitually setting goals, and striving to achieve them. It's a drug of sorts.

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