Goal setting and Positive Emotion
According to Dr. Jordan Peterson
Watch this video (just do it, it’s only 4 minutes long).
MAJOR TAKEAWAYS:
Positive emotion is linked with “being actively engaged in something worthwhile.”
There are two types of reward: consumatory and incentive.
Consumatory rewards come from satiation (eating when I’m hungry) but the problem is that it destroys the framework (I’m not hungry anymore), so I’m left with the question of what do I do next.
Incentive rewards are different, incentive rewards are delivered as I make progress along the way toward an important goal.
CONCLUSION:
Goal setting isn’t something you do once and then accomplish (or fail) at all the goals you set. Goal setting should be a regular practice, revisited monthly or quarterly. The process of (1) identifying a worthwhile aim, (2) plotting the steps toward that aim, (3) working through the steps in succession, and (4) REPEATING, is what makes goal setting such a worthwhile practice.
