While for many of us the New Year is the time for resolution-making and goal setting, whether you realize it or not, everything you do — all year long — starts with a goal. And, how you approach goal setting determines how you experience life each and every day. The better you are at goal setting — whether your skill is innate, deliberately practiced, or newly learned — the greater fulfillment and happiness you will experience, and conversely, the less able you are, the more frustration, anger, and even depression you will experience.
The neuroscience linking goal-setting techniques to our life experience is strong and can help us turn our resolutions into realities. More effective techniques for setting are possible with an appreciation of how our brains deal with goals, specifically, how our brains focus our attention and reward our achievements, and how our conscious communicates with our subconscious.
[For more of this story, written by Jill McAbe, go to https://journal.thriveglobal.c...853aede5b#.icltfunny]
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