Whenever I see a headline like this, it makes me think of this paper: https://www.socmot.uni-konstanz.de/sites/default/files/09_Gollwitzer_Sheeran_Seifert_Micha

Whenever I see a headline like this, it makes me think of this paper: https://www.socmot.uni-konstanz.de/sites/default/files/09_Gollwitzer_Sheeran_Seifert_Michalski_When_Intentions_.pdf https://www.socmot.uni-konstanz.de/sites/default/files/09_Go.... TL;DR: sharing one's intentions and receiving attention/praise for them seems to make follow-through less likely.