How to set the right goals and stay motivated

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Oct 6

Written By Dustin Huibregtse

Talk given at TEDxChicago 2023 and posted on TED.com

Chicago, October 6th, 2023

Ayelet Fishbach

Motivational Scientist

About the Talk

You can't just "find" motivation, says scientist Ayelet Fishbach — you have to learn how to motivate yourself. She shares a handful of tips backed by 20 years of motivation research, offering surprisingly simple wisdom on how to optimize your goals, set yourself up for success and avoid the tempting calls of procrastination.

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About Ayelet

Ayelet Fishbach is the Eric J. Gleacher distinguished service professor of behavioral science and marketing at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where she studies social psychology, management and consumer behavior. She is also the past president of the Society for the Science of Motivation and the International Social Cognition Network. Her groundbreaking research on human motivation has won the Society of Experimental Social Psychology's Best Dissertation Award and Career Trajectory Award, the Society of Consumer Psychology's Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award and the Fulbright Educational Foundation Award. She further received the Provost's Teaching Award from the University of Chicago. Fishbach's research has been published in more than 130 papers across many journals and her research is regularly featured in the media. She is also the author of Get It Done: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation.

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TEDxChicago 2023

There comes a time in every generation when the hazy view of tomorrow challenges us, as a human collective, to chart a path forward. Some step back, allowing doubt to bridle their hope. Others leap, sewing the fiber of the years ahead. In these moments we find success in togetherness as we share ideas, provoke new thoughts, and bond over a common enemy: idleness.

This year, TEDxChicago is celebrating the courage that ignites us and the community which propels us as we hurdle into the world’s most paramount topics. With a rich history of championing togetherness and embracing creativity in times of change, Chicago is poised for this challenge. In 2023, to take the stage means there’s no going back. We dare. Do you?

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