मनसा चिन्तितं कार्यं वाचा नैव प्रकाशयेत्
मन्त्रेण रक्षयेद् गूढं कार्ये चासपि नियोजयेत्
Your goal should not be brought to light(disclose to others)
Protect them as a mantra( Vedic Hymn), keep them secret and work toward achieving your goals.
The above text is borrowed from an ancient Hindu text which says keep your goal to yourself, which to me is thought provoking.
Keeping our goal to ourself sounds counter intuitive. Doesn’t announcing our goal helps us to be more accountable to what we say and motivate us to achieve it ?
In fact the science says quite the opposite, research done by Peter M Gollwitzer of New York University found out that if we do not announce our goal to others we are more likely to achieve it. Our brain gets tricked for ‘talking is doing’ and will focus less in working towards achieving it.
“Announcing your plans to others satisfies your self-identity just enough that you’re less motivated to do the hard work needed”.
There is an interesting TED talk that I found in this topic. If you are interested please check the link.
https://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_keep_your_goals_to_yourself
Remember to Keep your goals to yourself.
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