PSYC 471 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Montreal Gazette, State Implementation Plan, Three Secrets
9 Feb 2016
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Lecture 2 beyond setting smart goals: three secrets of. Ny resolutions are special, we suavely track if we succeeded or not. Standards: speci c and clear, shouldn"t con ict with other standards (usually we do this by setting a goal) Monitoring:monitor progress, you almost always need to adjust and feedback, most of us would overestimate how much good things we are doing, so if we don"t keep track, we don"t see that we are following our goal badly. Self-control: some control is required to pursue a goal e ectively, it is a limited resources, easy to deplete. We fail often because we run out of our self-control resources. A montrealer who followed through his resolution, don taylor (social psychologist) - triathlon. Don taylor: challenging is important he is probably correct about that. Achievable (under your control) inter-personal goal - hard, not within your control completely pursue of romantic live.
