Ted.com (Derek Sivers)

I thought this video was interesting, yet a bit discouraging.  The video talks about your particular goals and if you want those goals to actually happen, you shouldn’t tell anyone.  However, when I have a goal in mind, the first thing I do is tell someone, because I am so excited about it.  Then I plan really hard and work really hard to make my goal come true.  I have done this for as far as I can remember and so far my goals have actually come true and I think I will continue with this method, because it so far has worked out for me.  Apparently, those who tell their goals to someone, are less likely to actually fulfill their goals, because the feeling of telling someone your plan is almost the same feeling of actually accomplishing the goal without ever having to really do anything to get you towards that goal.  Those who keep their goals to themselves are more likely to be successful.

I wonder what impact that would have on our environment, if we didn’t tell people that we were going to do something to change the world, would we actually see a difference or because we didn’t tell anyone, people would be able to get together to make the goal happen.  This is somewhat confusing, yet interesting.

Here is the video I watched: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/derek_sivers_keep_your_goals_to_yourself.html