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An individual's goals are very personal. Due to the nature of such goals, people have a tendency to keep their goals and visions to themselves. 16 Sharing your goals in life with others is an important success principle. Have you ever wondered why weight loss apps encourage individuals to connect with other users, to post their weight loss goals, and their successes? Studies show that men and women who publicly shared their weight loss goals lost more weight than those who didn't. 17 .
The truth is that your chance of actually achieving your goals is greatly increased when you share it with others for the following reasons:
1. You Gain Clarity
You gain more clarity about your goal and how to achieve it. 18 Perhaps you knew you always wanted to apply to culinary (点饪的) school, but your friend is able to help you target on which specialty is best suited for you.
2. You Receive Accountability(责任)
19 Maybe your goal was written in a diary for over a year, or even longer. Sharing your goal with a friend or family member makes the goal no longer just a note in a journal. Now, others can hold you accountable by asking you about the progress you've made towards reaching your goal. If you want to be able to positively respond to those questions, you'll quickly be motivated to take action and stay on track.
No goal can ever be met without self-motivation on your part, but unfortunately motivation does not always come in abundance (大量). 20 But during the most difficult parts of the journey, we need external support and motivation.
A. Speaking it makes it real.
B. That was why they lost more weight.
C. But there is great power in goal sharing.
D. This phenomenon applies to other goals too.
E. Conversations may help you clarify and sharpen your goal.
F.Sometimes we can supply our own internal(内部的) motivation.
G.External motivation come in the form of positive encouragement
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