Comments on: Fact or Fiction? The Truth About The Harvard Written Goal Study http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/fact-or-fiction-the-truth-about-the-harvard-written-goal-study Analysis Driven Personal Development Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:43:06 -1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: beccax http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/fact-or-fiction-the-truth-about-the-harvard-written-goal-study/comment-page-2#comment-3450 beccax Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:13:52 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=105#comment-3450 Thanks so much Sid for taking the time to get to the bottom of this. I've been guilty of spreading the wrong info till I came across your post. :) We are building a community site to help people achieve their goals, called <a href="http://Yana.com" rel="nofollow">Yana.com</a>. People can set their goals, share them with their Facebook friends, and will soon be able to make status updates on their goals, so a lot of what the study found to help people achieve their goals. So thank you so much for pointing to this study! And if you have time to check out our site and provide us your thoughts, we'd really appreciate it. Have a great day! Thanks so much Sid for taking the time to get to the bottom of this. I've been guilty of spreading the wrong info till I came across your post. :) We are building a community site to help people achieve their goals, called Yana.com. People can set their goals, share them with their Facebook friends, and will soon be able to make status updates on their goals, so a lot of what the study found to help people achieve their goals. So thank you so much for pointing to this study! And if you have time to check out our site and provide us your thoughts, we'd really appreciate it. Have a great day!

]]> By: beccax http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/fact-or-fiction-the-truth-about-the-harvard-written-goal-study/comment-page-2#comment-3437 beccax Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:13:52 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=105#comment-3437 Thanks so much Sid for taking the time to get to the bottom of this. I've been guilty of spreading the wrong info till I came across your post. :) We are building a community site to help people achieve their goals, called <a href="http://Yana.com" rel="nofollow">Yana.com</a>. People can set their goals, share them with their Facebook friends, and will soon be able to make status updates on their goals, so a lot of what the study found to help people achieve their goals. So thank you so much for pointing to this study! And if you have time to check out our site and provide us your thoughts, we'd really appreciate it. Have a great day! Thanks so much Sid for taking the time to get to the bottom of this. I've been guilty of spreading the wrong info till I came across your post. :) We are building a community site to help people achieve their goals, called Yana.com. People can set their goals, share them with their Facebook friends, and will soon be able to make status updates on their goals, so a lot of what the study found to help people achieve their goals. So thank you so much for pointing to this study! And if you have time to check out our site and provide us your thoughts, we'd really appreciate it. Have a great day!

]]> By: Where to Start the New Year | Premier Design Websites http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/fact-or-fiction-the-truth-about-the-harvard-written-goal-study/comment-page-2#comment-2967 Where to Start the New Year | Premier Design Websites Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:02:28 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=105#comment-2967 [...] So have you done it?  None withstanding that the Harvard (or Yale) class study was a hoax ( See Sid’s blog for more discussion) , writing down your goals on paper and reviewing them regularly make a [...] [...] So have you done it?  None withstanding that the Harvard (or Yale) class study was a hoax ( See Sid’s blog for more discussion) , writing down your goals on paper and reviewing them regularly make a [...]

]]> By: Svend Petersen http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/fact-or-fiction-the-truth-about-the-harvard-written-goal-study/comment-page-2#comment-2964 Svend Petersen Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:36:50 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=105#comment-2964 "Sid the MythBuster" - good stuff.<br>Too much snake oil out there: Red wine that cures baldness, CO2 levels causing earthquakes, florecent tubes causing hearing loss. “Sid the MythBuster” – good stuff.
Too much snake oil out there: Red wine that cures baldness, CO2 levels causing earthquakes, florecent tubes causing hearing loss.

]]> By: ajlopez http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/fact-or-fiction-the-truth-about-the-harvard-written-goal-study/comment-page-2#comment-3208 ajlopez Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:27:58 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=105#comment-3208 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Fact or Fiction? The Truth About The Harvard Written Goal Study http://bit.ly/4H92KU</span></span> Fact or Fiction? The Truth About The Harvard Written Goal Study http://bit.ly/4H92KU

]]> By: The Seven Rules Of New Year’s Resolutions http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/fact-or-fiction-the-truth-about-the-harvard-written-goal-study/comment-page-2#comment-2929 The Seven Rules Of New Year’s Resolutions Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:50:14 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=105#comment-2929 [...] is …You Write Down Your New Year’s ResolutionsWhen I previously discussed whether the Harvard written goals study was a myth, I came across another study by Gail Matthews (Summary of Recent Goals Research, PDF) that did show [...] [...] is …You Write Down Your New Year’s ResolutionsWhen I previously discussed whether the Harvard written goals study was a myth, I came across another study by Gail Matthews (Summary of Recent Goals Research, PDF) that did show [...]

]]> By: The power of turning your friends into bosses (it’s science) | Pete Mockaitis http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/fact-or-fiction-the-truth-about-the-harvard-written-goal-study/comment-page-2#comment-2913 The power of turning your friends into bosses (it’s science) | Pete Mockaitis Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:05:14 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=105#comment-2913 [...] substantiates this concept (which is encouraging, after Fast Company and Sid Savara resolutely debunked the oft-quoted Harvard written goals [...] [...] substantiates this concept (which is encouraging, after Fast Company and Sid Savara resolutely debunked the oft-quoted Harvard written goals [...]

]]> By: gordonsimmons http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/fact-or-fiction-the-truth-about-the-harvard-written-goal-study/comment-page-2#comment-2912 gordonsimmons Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:21:56 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=105#comment-2912 Sid, thanks for diving into this one. It is a story I have retold as well, citing Brian Tracy as the source. Glad to get to the facts of the issue, and doubly glad that someone else took the time to actually do a study. Lesson learned for me: trust but verify. I should have dug deeper to actually find the study myself. <br><br>I am on a similar hunt for a related study. Brian Tracy says that when you write down a goal, and then accomplish it, your brain releases endorphins. I'm searching for a study that shows that conclusively, and so far am having no luck. I have corresponded with a couple professors in the field of positive psychology but they have never heard of such a study.<br><br>Have you heard this claim before? Do you know of s study to back it up? Sid, thanks for diving into this one. It is a story I have retold as well, citing Brian Tracy as the source. Glad to get to the facts of the issue, and doubly glad that someone else took the time to actually do a study. Lesson learned for me: trust but verify. I should have dug deeper to actually find the study myself.

I am on a similar hunt for a related study. Brian Tracy says that when you write down a goal, and then accomplish it, your brain releases endorphins. I'm searching for a study that shows that conclusively, and so far am having no luck. I have corresponded with a couple professors in the field of positive psychology but they have never heard of such a study.

Have you heard this claim before? Do you know of s study to back it up?

]]> By: a finance guy http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/fact-or-fiction-the-truth-about-the-harvard-written-goal-study/comment-page-2#comment-2910 a finance guy Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:20:00 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=105#comment-2910 [...] with written goals earning great fortunes vs. their peers without written goals is an urban legend. See here for details. Another study was done that demonstrated written goals do help people accomplish more, but huge [...] [...] with written goals earning great fortunes vs. their peers without written goals is an urban legend. See here for details. Another study was done that demonstrated written goals do help people accomplish more, but huge [...]

]]> By: The Hopkinson Report » Episode 84: Myth or Legend? Is writing down your goals the most important thing you can do for your career? http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/fact-or-fiction-the-truth-about-the-harvard-written-goal-study/comment-page-2#comment-2903 The Hopkinson Report » Episode 84: Myth or Legend? Is writing down your goals the most important thing you can do for your career? Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:46:34 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=105#comment-2903 [...] I came across the blog of Sid Savara. [...] [...] I came across the blog of Sid Savara. [...]

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