Why you shouldn’t announce your plans
Shouldn’t you announce your goals, so friends can support you?
Isn’t it good networking to tell people about your upcoming projects?
Doesn’t the “law of attraction” mean you should state your intention, and visualize the goal as already yours?
Nope.
Tests done since 1933 show that people who talk about their intentions are less likely to make them happen.
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Once you’ve told people of your intentions, it gives you a “premature sense of completeness.”
You have “identity symbols” in your brain that make your self-image. Since both actions and talk create symbols in your brain, talking satisfies the brain enough that it “neglects the pursuit of further symbols.”
From Shut up! Announcing your plans makes you less motivated to accomplish them by Derek Sivers.
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June 18th, 2009 at 11:01 am
I agree on this, it’s better to discuss your plans with your team. And only come forward once you really have something… I’ve personally been in these situations before, because of enthousiasm. Also, take a look at what happend to those guys at Valve - when they told their plans about Half Life 2…
It’s done when the fat lady sings…
June 20th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
That’s right. And most fat ladies have a hard time singing…