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Long-term goals, like losing weight, writing a book, or buying a house, are achieved by consistently completing short-term goals, like working out, reaching a word-count, or saving money (Sharif & Woolley,1). People often start off motivated to reach their long-term goal, but after a couple of days of completing short-term tasks, especially tasks that aren’t…
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Persistence is the key to success. Yet, people continue to give up in the face of failure, not realizing that in “long-term goal pursuit, small short-term failures are inevitable” (Sharif & Shue, 17). When people decide on a long-term goal like losing weight or writing a book, they typically “set short-term goals, such as going…