Reduce your Goals
Most people set too many goals that they spread themselves too thin and accomplish nothing.
According to the expectancy theory of motivation, you need a clear and compelling outcome, as well as a clear path to achieving that outcome. Without these, you lack motivation and procrastinate. Hope theory argues the same thing: To have hope, you need a goal and a path to achieving that goal.
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