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Key takeaways from Aim High, But Plan For Slips

By framing your goals with emergency reserves, or goals with slack, you can both aim high and forgive your slips. Open at source

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Why? When you fail at a hard goal, you tend to suffer from the “what-the-hell” effect and are more likely to give up altogether

a different kind of goal, emergency reserve goals, can be more motivating and more likely to lead to success than either hard goals or easy goals

When you fail at a hard goal, you tend to suffer from the “what-the-hell” effect and are more likely to give up altogether

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