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**This post summarizes months of research on what goal setting methods actually work, and anew project I am starting to help everyone use these techniques in an easy and fun way**Which of your big goals have been on the to-do list forever?So often it’s those goals that matter to us most that seem just out of reach.If we want something really bad AND know the steps required to attain it, why do we still fail to do so?The answer is simple: we haven’t been using the right tools.Behavioral scientists have been trying to figure out our psychological relationship with goals for decades, and they’ve come up with some very actionable conclusions.It’s been proven that you can quadruple your chances of success with the goal hacks listed below (in order of least to most powerful).1) Write it down

The simple act of physically writing down what you want to achieve significantly raises your chances of success.One study contacted thousands of people who needed flu shots. One group was asked to write down a plan specifying the date and time they would visit a clinic while the control group was reminded but not asked to write down a plan.13% more of those who were asked to write it down went to get shots than those who were simply reminded. That’s a sizable increase for 5 seconds of writing.2) Track it

Track your goal. Record your progress daily or even multiple times daily. The ‘Don’t Break The Chain‘ is a great method for this.A study on weight-loss found that those who regularly weighed themselves lost 3 BMI units more on average than those who did not weigh regularly. Another study found daily weighers to lose 33lbs more on average than non-weighers over a 2-year period.