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Similarly can’t find it, but it’s something with when you set a goal if you tell people you have that goal you are less likely to achieve it, rather than if you didn’t tell others about it.


Maybe you're both thinking of this TED talk by Derek Sivers?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHopJHSlVo4


I've tried both telling and not telling, and it hasn't made a difference. I've told people and not achieved the goal, told and achieved it, didn't tell and achieved it, and didn't tell and didn't achieve.


I saw this written and told by various people but never saw it confirmed in real life.




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