# Keep your goals to yourself

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2010
- Speaker: Derek Sivers
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_keep_your_goals_to_yourself)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

After hitting on a brilliant new life plan, our first instinct is to tell someone, but Derek Sivers says it's better to keep goals secret. He presents research stretching as far back as the 1920s to show why people who talk about their ambitions may be less likely to achieve them.

## Lectures

1. [Keep your goals to yourself](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/derek_sivers_keep_your_goals_to_yourself/6d74a99eaaab), 3 min (TED's player)