Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-272) and index.
Contents:
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.
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