Do you ever tell someone else your personal goals, thinking that the act of telling someone else might pre-commit you to following through on your goal? It’s a bit like buying a year-long gym membership with the expectation that you’ll for-sure exercise now that you’ve sunk so much money it?
Well, according to Derek Sivers, you should bite your tongue the next time you feel like sharing, or else you’ll subconsciously feel like you’ve already followed through.
Sivers has a bit more at his website.