Do you have some long-term goals? Short-term goals? What are they?
Do you keep investing your time and energy on a goal, just because you have already invested so much? This is known as the sunk cost fallacy.
Do you believe that once you reach a particular goal, finally, you will become so much happier? This is known as the arrival fallacy.
I don't know about you but for me, for sure, once I reach a particular goal, I do become so much happier.
For example, I have a daily goal (definitely short-term): 10,000 steps. Once my watch gives me that special vibration, my heart starts to sing: yeah, I did it, for today!
That short-term goal turned into a longer one since Christmas day 2016, yes, this has been my year #5 that I hit the goal daily.
Another example, a short-term goal is to get comfortable and confident doing my job for the next three months; a long-term goal is to practice and learn French on the side and eventually get that last Oral B to secure my next job with the government.
If you want to know more about goals and fallacies, come to our Toastmasters meeting tomorrow and hear all about it.
Theme: Long or Short Term Goals
Date and Time: 5:45 pm, Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Photo credit: Ronnie Overgoor
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