So wha t is a g o al?
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ou may not be aware of it but the chances are that even as you read this sentence you have at least one goal that’s controlling your behaviour. Let us ask you two simple questions:
• Is it more likely you’ll finish reading this sentence than not finish reading it? • Did you start reading this chapter with the intention of not reading it all the way through to the end? Our guess is that you answered YES to the first question and NO to the second. It just seems so pointless to start a chapter in a book with the intention of not finishing it. Even more strange would be to begin reading a sentence without wanting to get to the end of it. If our assumption is correct then it is fair to say that your behaviour is based on goals; specifically the 13