{"id":39104,"date":"2017-11-28T04:45:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T10:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelhyatt.com\/?p=39104"},"modified":"2017-11-28T04:45:51","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T10:45:51","slug":"goal-sharing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fullfocus.co\/goal-sharing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts of Goal Sharing"},"content":{"rendered":"

I've always done my best to keep up with the latest research in goal achievement. I not only want to learn from it myself, I also want to distill the lessons for fellow leaders. But the tricky thing about science is that it often causes us to reevaluate our assumptions. That reevaluation can be uncomfortable, but it can also help us take our performance to the next level.<\/p>\n

Case in point: I had always believed and taught that we're more likely to accomplish big goals if we share them publicly. I assumed public declaration would create the accountability we needed to follow through. The potential embarrassment of not delivering on the prediction would help ensure we got results.<\/p>\n

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I probably believed this because of my personality. According to the Enneagram personality profiling system<\/a>, I am a performer<\/em> (Enneagram type 3). A performer\u2019s greatest fear is public embarrassment\u2014like the kind that might result from sharing but not meeting goals.<\/p>\n

But then along came entrepreneur Derek Sivers to pour cold water on my belief. Sivers makes the compelling case that public goal declarations can backfire big time. The CD Baby founder argues that telling others your goals can have the opposite effect of what we intend. Because of the way our brains work, goal sharing often gives us the same psychological satisfaction of accomplishing the goal without having to do the hard work. In other words, talking becomes a substitute for doing.<\/p>\n\t\t