How Talking About Your Goals is (secretly) Destroying Your Success

We all like to tell everyone about our ambitious plans to build successful companies and take over the world. But does talking about it really do anything? Does anyone care?

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[jixster]

One of my favorite phrases:
If you're good at something, you tell others. If you're great, they tell you.

[Omrie]

Set some goals.
Stay quiet about them.
Smash the hell outta them.
Clap for your dam self.

[sng]

I’ve stopped talking about my goals long time ago now. And I feel like it’s helped me to just focus on that rather than trying to impress everyone

[rayword]

“Speaking before doing is useless. Otherwise, you are just seeking validation for something you haven’t even done yet.”

[icebenda]

My grandma had a sign in her house that said,

"If you want to lose weight, keep your mouth shut."

[DamjanManevski]

Not only the bragging part of it, but I've noticed from my own experience that if I want to do something and tell someone, there's a good chance I won't do it because telling someone makes me feel like half the job is done.

[filbiggs]

“And you’ll secretly know you’re a badass, and you didn’t have to tell anybody.” Excellent 👏

[PoppinHoops]

When you talk about your goals, you also trick your brain into believing you're actively doing something to achieve your goal when you're not at all! There have been studies on that subject

[carapo]

Keep your plans as dark and silent as the night, then strike like a thunderbolt.

Sun Tzu
The Art of War

[jjprodigyify]

This inspired me to do a puppet show on mount everest

[ramanjot]

When u build in silence, they don’t know what to attack
Well thank you mate

[ramanabharathi]

"NO matter how much you flap your jaw, nothing moves"

well, that was epic!

[diosa.loba]

If they don't know your dreams
then they can't shoot them down


Don't talk about it. Be about it.

[KDmadness]

Family dinner: "Hey so any big goals for the future?"
me: "I don't wanna talk about it.."

[nariosalibay]

Boss:"hey have you finished your report?"
Me:"i dont wanna talk about it."

Report sent 2 hours earlier

[prakh]

"The best comeback is Success"

-My dad

[arsh_DSJ]

The fact that YouTube recommend me this video,
is a proof that google is listening to our private phone calls.

[RichardConnor]

"You'll secretly know you're a badass..." Love it.

[MuseSunflower]

I love this and do it naturally. I hate telling people my plans because I don’t want to deal with them keeping tabs on me or asking for updates. I’d rather create something and let the results speak for itself

[Hadhoudtn]

I can relate from my own experience. After talking too much and achieving nothing (or at least I did achieve some things but at a very slow rate) I felt like a loser because I couldn't catch up to all these talk to talk ambitions. The recognition you get from people when you talk about your ambitions is really dangerous because it gives your that small dopamine rush without putting the work. It's like jerkin off while watching porn instead of having an intimate relationship with a real person.
Now, I've become so silent that I always avoid talking about myself and I always act like I do nothing in my days. But people notice the changes. They will notice your bigger muscles, your new stylish clothes, your fat wallet etc...And it's even funnier to see their reactions when they see you achieve things while "in their mind" you're just scratching your balls all day xD Trust me it's far better than the "okay dude it's cool that you're planning on doing X thing"