#362 - Things I like. Things I don't.
Motto: Do You Have Any Apple Fritters?
I read an article (like this one) about a psychology study in which the takeaway was: telling somebody you were going to achieve a goal, made you less likely to achieve that goal. I thought "I should stop telling people I'm going to do things before I do them!" Then I promptly pulled open my messaging app and typed a message to my wife saying:
"I think I'm going to stop telling you about things I want to do to better myself befo"...
Then I realized the irony of the message, and pressed 'delete' instead of 'send'.
I say it here because I thought it was funny.
You ever make a table like this?
If you haven't, maybe think about doing it.
Or don't. I expected it to be more enlightening than it was.
I have a Podcast. It's got a website in case you're not interested in Podcast apps... it's nothing fancy. Just a thing we do for fun.
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I read an article (like this one) about a psychology study in which the takeaway was: telling somebody you were going to achieve a goal, made you less likely to achieve that goal. I thought "I should stop telling people I'm going to do things before I do them!" Then I promptly pulled open my messaging app and typed a message to my wife saying:
"I think I'm going to stop telling you about things I want to do to better myself befo"...
Then I realized the irony of the message, and pressed 'delete' instead of 'send'.
I say it here because I thought it was funny.
You ever make a table like this?
If you haven't, maybe think about doing it.
Or don't. I expected it to be more enlightening than it was.
I have a Podcast. It's got a website in case you're not interested in Podcast apps... it's nothing fancy. Just a thing we do for fun.
Top 5: Things I Learned About Communication at Work
5. ... I only …
