Where there’s a won’t there’s a way
Apr 14, 2021
Could telling yourself to do more of something be the worst thing you can do?
New research suggests so.
Framing your goal
We live in a world of more — of ‘shoulds’, particularly when it comes to wellbeing.
I should exercise more, save more, eat more healthily.
But maybe that pressure is backfiring on our ability to achieve our goals?
Researchers Tuk, Prokopec and Van den Bergh (2020) set out to see whether it would be more motivating to tell yourself “I’ll...
