So I just got a link to a great article which you can find here about how to achieve goals. In the VTA Method goals are the first step towards academic success. All the online tutors that work here also make goals a major component when they tutor college students.
Whether you’ve read the VTA Method or not, I’m going to give you one of the greatest secrets behind the VTA Method now confirmed by a New York University study.
Goals should be kept to yourself
Results from a new study from New York University suggest that whatever your goal, keeping it to yourself is a better idea than broadcasting it to the world. The article goes on to suggest that sharing our goals with others doesn’t necessarily motivate us to achieve. In actuality, by talking to others about our goals and plans we start to feel a premature sense of completeness about our goals.
The VTA Method on Goals
This directly relates to what I discuss in the VTA Method when talking to others about academic goals and who to talk to them with. I teach that when you begin to become a better student, it’s crucially important to NOT talk to others about it, especially those people who can’t hold you accountable for your goal. The reasons why you shouldn’t share your goals seem a little counter-intuitive, but let’s take an example.
Let’s say you talk to your fellow students about how you’re going to ‘do better’ this semester – get better grades, do your readings, maybe publish a paper – when your fellow students all respect you for taking the initiative something really weird happens. Your chances of actually accomplishing your goal are much lower than if you kept it to yourself in the first place. The reason why? By talking about your goal you are already viewed as an ideal student by sharing your intentions.
What Can We Learn From This?
So the lesson we can learn from this? Keep your goals straight and your mouth shut! Figure out your own goals and have specific milestones that you stay accountable to. Get a buddy to confide in or hire one of our online tutors through the VTA Method. Having a long term goal is great but without short term milestones you can lose yourself in the ‘positive glow’ of recognition.
Has anything like this happened to you? Do you agree or disagree? Leave a comment.
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Too bad you used the word “shit” in this article. I was about to forward it to my district supervisor in the English department.
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