The Path Before Us, with Matthew Lee Anderson

The Path Before Us, with Matthew Lee Anderson

#598: Strengthening Resolve by Writing?

A meditation on holding to our commitments.

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Matthew Lee Anderson
Aug 28, 2024
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Why is it that writing down goals makes people more likely to achieve them?* It is hard to stay committed to projects when they not only stretch across time, but demand de-prioritizing other aims and objectives. I am not romantic about the past: I think the urgent and immediate have always claimed humanity’s attention in ways that made resolve difficult…

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