Let's try different

A year has ended and other awaits to greet us with open arms. But before we go forward and start making resolutions that most of us eventually fail to achieve, let’s just think about what we did with 2017. Did we achieve everything we worked for or were our goals blurred somewhere between our own leisure and comfort? Think for yourselves, did you give your best? Or was it more like, I’ll relax while I have time and do this when it’s absolutely necessary.

If it was the second case, then we need to take a minute out and think of where we went wrong.

Tests done since 1933 show that people who talk about their intentions are less likely to make them happen.

Announcing your plans to others satisfies your self-identity just enough that you’re less motivated to do the hard work needed.

In 1933, W. Mahler found that if a person announced the solution to a problem, and was acknowledged by others, it was now in the brain as a “social reality”, even if the solution hadn’t actually been achieved.

This year let’s try something different. Let’s not boast of our goals and desires rather let’s do what should be done. Let’s be who we want to be. Let’s be what we want to be. But at the same time let’s be silent about it. Dream big. Aim high. But keep it all to yourself. And if anyone asks you about your goals just say: “I’m trying.” Believe me, that law of attraction thing won’t work for you if you keep sharing your goals with everyone.

So this year let’s not try to impress others but let’s impress ourselves. Let’s work hard in silence and let our success be the noise.