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It goes like this: 163 people across four separate tests.
比如這個：163個人進行4組不同測試。
Everyone wrote down their personal goal.
每個人寫下他們各自的目標。
Then half of them announced their commitment to this goal to the room, and half didn't.
然后一半實驗的人在房間里宣布他們的目標承諾，另一半人保守目標。
Then everyone was given 45 minutes of work that would directly lead them towards their goal,
接下來每個人有45分鐘來工作，他們可以努力工作直至實現他們的目標，
but they were told that they could stop at any time.
但他們在任何時候也可以停下來工作。
Now, those who kept their mouths shut worked the entire 45 minutes on average,
那些不泄漏目標的人平均工作了整整45分鐘，
and when asked afterward, said that they felt that they had a long way to go still to achieve their goal.
在這之后的訪問，他們感到他們為了實現目標還有很長的一段路要走。
But those who had announced it quit after only 33 minutes, on average,
但是那些宣布目標的人們平均工作大約33分鐘后就放棄了，
and when asked afterward, said that they felt much closer to achieving their goal.
當被問及時，他們感到快要接近目標了。
So if this is true, what can we do? Well, you could resist the temptation to announce your goal.
所以如果這是事實，我們會怎樣做？好吧，大家可以抵制住宣布目標的誘惑。
You can delay the gratification that the social acknowledgment brings,
大家可以延遲這種社交承認帶來的滿足，
and you can understand that your mind mistakes the talking for the doing.
大家明白腦子會把說的當成做的來替代。
But if you do need to talk about something, you can state it in a way that gives you no satisfaction, such as,
但是如果你的確要談論一些目標，你說到這些目標時不帶有任何滿足感，例如，
"I really want to run this marathon, so I need to train five times a week and kick my ass if I don't, okay?"
“我的確想要跑馬拉松，所以我需要每周訓練5次，如果我做不到，就踢我的屁股吧？”
So audience, next time you're tempted to tell someone your goal, what will you say? Exactly! Well done.
所以觀眾們，下一次當你試圖告訴別人你的目標時，你會說什么？完全正確，做對了。
