http://scottmeade.com/start/ Always positive, sometimes relevant, occasionally useful. Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:00:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://scottmeade.com/start/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Don’t Shut Up, Just Set the Right Goals « This Blog Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:00:35 +0000 http://scottmeade.com/?p=7#comment-5 [...] Continuing with the guitar example, I assert that you will be more likely to end up playing your mother’s favorite tune at her birthday party next year if you publicly commit to it now. Ask yourself: Once your dad, brothers, sisters, and long-time family friends have been looking forward to your moving performance for a year are you more or less likely to do it when the time comes? If you kept the intention private, there is a great chance you will either forget you ever had the idea or the time would come and you will feel ill-prepared and chicken out (because you want everything to be perfect). [...] [...] Continuing with the guitar example, I assert that you will be more likely to end up playing your mother’s favorite tune at her birthday party next year if you publicly commit to it now. Ask yourself: Once your dad, brothers, sisters, and long-time family friends have been looking forward to your moving performance for a year are you more or less likely to do it when the time comes? If you kept the intention private, there is a great chance you will either forget you ever had the idea or the time would come and you will feel ill-prepared and chicken out (because you want everything to be perfect). [...]

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