https://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_keep_your_goals_to_yourself#t-5088
During this TED Talk the speaker, Derek Sivers, talks about
the mycology of achieving goals. Essentially, he concludes based on other people’s
investigation into the topic that, one should not tell others their intention
of achieving a goal. When one tells other about their goals they get the satisfaction
close to if they were actually going to achieve their goal. However, if someone
does not tell other people their goal they do not gain any satisfaction until
they have actually finished their goal.
Darek Sivers is an entrepreneur who's main intention during this presentation is to debunk a common misconception. His intended audience is very general. It apply's to nearly everyone, specifically those who tell others their goals. He uses a lot of pop culture references to keep the audience involved and interested in his message. In addition he uses the PowerPoint behind him to help simplify the experiment a physiologist used.
The speaker of this talk uses ethos. He cites three mycologists
that have researched the topic and one who had carried out an experiment. This
brings validity to his argument because when the topic is first brought up the
audiences natural response is opposite of the speakers argument.
I chose this because I agreed with the title, "Keep
your goals to yourself." I usually do not like to inform others about my
goals and aspirations. When someone is constantly telling others about what
they are going to achieve in life they can appear to be a showoff and often
times do not actually achieve the goals that they had wanted to. I agree with
the speaker in that people receive a sense of gratification when they tell
others their goal, but I think most of the time they do no achieve them because
the end result is too difficult to attain, not because they have already
received satisfaction.
I think that Ted talk was really cool. I, just like you, agree with the title of this one and like the message. Now I better keep my goals to myself or Gray Son believes that I will "appear to be a showoff ". Seriously pretty good job on the post. I have a question too though; Do you think that any part of his Ted Talk was unsupported by fact, even if a little assumption?
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, Grayson- I don't share my goals, dreams, etc. because I don't want others to know when I fail and I also don't want others to make a big deal when I succeed.
ReplyDeleteI like your views on this topic and it was interesting to read about your justifications for not telling people your goals. However, I don't completely agree with you and I believe that sharing your goals can be healthy. If you are to share your goals with others, it can create a sense of positive peer pressure that will drive you that little bit further to reach your goal. Maybe the fear of having others know you won't achieve the goal can push you to ultimately achieving it. I do see your side in a sense that it can be embarrassing for others to know you've failed, but i think the positive peer pressure outweighs this.
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