How backup plans can harm goal pursuit: The unexpected downside of being prepared for failureOrganizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes - Tập 135 - Trang 1 - 2016
Milkman Katherine L., Shin Jihae
When pursuing a goal, making a backup plan has many benefits, including reducing the psychological discomfort associated with uncertainty. However, we suggest that making a backup plan can also have negative effects. Specifically, we propose that the mere act of thinking through a backup plan can reduce performance on your primary goal by decreasing your desire for goal achievement. In three exper...... hiện toàn bộ
#Goals #Plan-making #Backup plan #Motivation #Failure