What’s the Goal of the Goal?
When we lock into a particular goal too quickly, we blind ourselves to alternate routes forward that might have been better and easier. We can avoid this trap by asking ourselves one simple question.
When we lock into a particular goal too quickly, we blind ourselves to alternate routes forward that might have been better and easier. We can avoid this trap by asking ourselves one simple question.
A conversation with Katy Milkman on what her new book can teach us about how to change our behaviors once and for all.
We have a tendency to think other people know the same things we do, which means we often miss out on a great strategy for behavior change.
In striving to improve our lives, our work, and our society, we overwhelmingly add, overlooking another powerful option—subtraction.
Humans are remarkably sensitive to how we bundle and divide tasks and choices. We can use that quirk to help realize our aspirations.