A coach with 25 years working with 6,000 entrepreneurs argues that handwriting goals on paper works better than typing or speaking them. He cites the Harvard study on written goals, though it's partly mythic, and says his experience shows handwritten goals consistently outperform other methods.
Put goals in writing. Goals that are written are concrete and they're motivational. Okay, now we've heard this. You've probably heard the Harvard study that they did a study of Harvard people and people that graduated and the people that wrote their goals down and all this stuff. Well, the funny thing is, is that study is actually slightly urban legend. Okay, but the the numbers are actually pretty accurate. Okay, so what we do know is that when you put your goals in writing. Now, everybody wants to know what kind of writing. Well, you know, does it have to be written on paper? And, you know, does— can I use my phone? Can I use a whiteboard? I don't have any scientific data on that. I will tell you what I see in coaching, I don't know, 6,000 entrepreneurs worldwide over the last 25 years. Okay, here's what I see. At the end of the day, physically writing something down Not typing it, physically writing something down improves your chances, improves the reaching of the goals. Okay. Now, again, I don't have any studies on this. They did do some work on this in this scientific study, but we know that written goals written down, okay, versus typed down or spoken out loud, specifically better, way better than spoken out loud. Written goals dramatically improve People, the science of achievement. Okay, they, like she said, they do have some apps and there's some game achievement, but again, written goals. Hope you enjoyed it, and don't forget to like this podcast. Don't forget to like the videos or subscribe to the channel or subscribe subscribe to the podcast. Take advantage of our free resources. Come be a maverick. Join us. Let's get a bunch of doctors free. In fact, let's get 100,000 free. Let's get your friends free. And you know what? I just bet that in 10 years when we have 100,000 free, we can make a pretty positive impact on this world and the health of society. Come join us. Be a Maverick. We'll talk to you soon.
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