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The weird thing is the same situation works in reverse as well. Publicly declaring your intention to quit a habit or lose weight has also been shown to increas
by CuriouslyC 9y ago
The weird thing is the same situation works in reverse as well.
Publicly declaring your intention to quit a habit or lose weight has also been shown to increase success in some instances.
I think it depends on whether people reward you with positive regard for stating an intention to do something, and whether you look foolish if you don't do the thing you stated. When you can get the reward just for the statement and there is no consequences for failure, pre-stating your intention seems harmful. On the other hand, if you are not rewarded for pre-statement, and failure is embarrassing, pre-stating your intention seems helpful.
- donquichotte 9y agoThis is how it works for me, I'm afraid of losing face, so I'll just bite the bullet and do what my former self promised.
- juiyout 9y agoI have observed this vastly "bipolar" results amongst my friends as well. Some take public declaration to heart and they ram through their goals. However I quickly lose interest of the project after I told everybody. I would go extra length to surprise and dish out cool stuff more often I care to finish side project only because I said I will do it. I somehow concluded that I don't care about approvals on my 'integrity' yet I highly value my 'creativity' viewed by others.