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Daily Archives: February 3, 2010
Desire Helps Attain Goals
Have you ever wanted something so much it seemed inevitable that you would get it? A recent study conducted by Emily Balcetis and David Dunning and published in a paper called Wishful Seeing analyzed people’s perception in relation to their desires.Β When estimating distance to something they really want, people general believed the object was [...]
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Tagged desire, failure, goals, perception creates reality, pessimism, self improvement
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