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Get it done : surprising lessons from the science of motivation / Ayelet Fishbach.

Forget quit undone (cover title)

Fishbach, Ayelet, (author.).

Summary:

Based on research from the field of motivation science, this new framework for setting and achieving goals discusses how to attack the "middle problem," battle temptations, and use the help of others.

Record details

ISBN: 9780316538343
ISBN: 0316538345
Physical Description: xv, 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York ; Little, Brown Spark, 2022.
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

General Note:	On jacket cover, title is shown as: Forget quit undone. The first part of each word, "For" "qu" and "un", are in white with a black line drawn through them, leaving "Get it done" in black.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-272) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Part 1, Choose your goal. Goals aren't chores ; Put a number on it ; Incentives matter ; Intrinsic motivation (and why you should have more fun) -- Part II, Keep pulling. Progress increase motivation ; The glass half full and half empty ; The middle problem ; "You're wrong!": learning from negative feedback -- Part III, Competing goals. Goal juggling ; Self-control ; Patience -- Part IV, Social support. Pursuing goals in the presence of others ; Pursuing goals with others ; Goals make a happy relationship.