Saturday, February 5, 2011

Comparing Fantasy with Reality May Help You Achieve A Goal

An interesting technique, that may help you achieve a goal, has been experimentally confirmed by the scientists and highlighted by a recent post at PHYBLOG
"Carrying out a kind of reality check sounds like a straightforward technique, but from other research we know that it's easy to get wrong.

The positive fantasies about the future must come first, followed by the negative aspects of reality. Then it's also vital that we think carefully about the difference between fantasy and reality. A study has found that if people don't contrast fantasy with reality then the technique doesn't work (Oettingen & Gollwitzer, 2001)."

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