# Why modest goals are so appealing

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**Created:** [November 20, 2018, 9:36pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/why-modest-goals-are-so-appealing/1076 "2018-11-20T21:36:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 9:36pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/why-modest-goals-are-so-appealing/1076/1 "2018-11-20T21:36:28Z")

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> **[Why modest goals are so appealing: Achieving a small incremental goal is...](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108142313.htm)**
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> Study finds that people feel it's easier to achieve a small incremental goal than to maintain the status quo.

  
Study finds that people feel it’s easier to achieve a small incremental goal than to maintain the status quo.
