Caroline Adams Miller
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I had not gone to graduate school before this. I was an undergraduate from Harvard university and I'd never seen my college transcripts. So I had to write to Harvard. It's like, do you still have them? I'd never looked at it. Boy, they didn't have great inflation in the late 70s and early 80s. I saw C's and B minuses, and I was magna, but still, I was not the great inflation we see today.
I had not gone to graduate school before this. I was an undergraduate from Harvard university and I'd never seen my college transcripts. So I had to write to Harvard. It's like, do you still have them? I'd never looked at it. Boy, they didn't have great inflation in the late 70s and early 80s. I saw C's and B minuses, and I was magna, but still, I was not the great inflation we see today.
I had not gone to graduate school before this. I was an undergraduate from Harvard university and I'd never seen my college transcripts. So I had to write to Harvard. It's like, do you still have them? I'd never looked at it. Boy, they didn't have great inflation in the late 70s and early 80s. I saw C's and B minuses, and I was magna, but still, I was not the great inflation we see today.
And so I applied to the University of Pennsylvania. I wanted so badly to get in, I added a question to the application. It was, why should you take me? And I remember I typed I'm fun in big letters. So I have this zest for life, this passion. It's like you talk about passion struck. I became so passionate about this topic. And then in particular about its connection to the science of goal setting.
And so I applied to the University of Pennsylvania. I wanted so badly to get in, I added a question to the application. It was, why should you take me? And I remember I typed I'm fun in big letters. So I have this zest for life, this passion. It's like you talk about passion struck. I became so passionate about this topic. And then in particular about its connection to the science of goal setting.
And so I applied to the University of Pennsylvania. I wanted so badly to get in, I added a question to the application. It was, why should you take me? And I remember I typed I'm fun in big letters. So I have this zest for life, this passion. It's like you talk about passion struck. I became so passionate about this topic. And then in particular about its connection to the science of goal setting.
That was my fifth book. My capstone from that year at Penn became this global bestseller, creating your best life. And that was the first two things. And then I'll stop talking. The first time that the mass market got a goal setting book that had evidence, footnotes and science in it.
That was my fifth book. My capstone from that year at Penn became this global bestseller, creating your best life. And that was the first two things. And then I'll stop talking. The first time that the mass market got a goal setting book that had evidence, footnotes and science in it.
That was my fifth book. My capstone from that year at Penn became this global bestseller, creating your best life. And that was the first two things. And then I'll stop talking. The first time that the mass market got a goal setting book that had evidence, footnotes and science in it.
That still blows my mind that until that book came out in 2008, the only books on anyone's bookcase were Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracy. I mean, none of which had any science footnotes, certainly not goal setting theory, which is my latest book. And the second thing was there was this meta analysis that came out.
That still blows my mind that until that book came out in 2008, the only books on anyone's bookcase were Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracy. I mean, none of which had any science footnotes, certainly not goal setting theory, which is my latest book. And the second thing was there was this meta analysis that came out.
That still blows my mind that until that book came out in 2008, the only books on anyone's bookcase were Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracy. I mean, none of which had any science footnotes, certainly not goal setting theory, which is my latest book. And the second thing was there was this meta analysis that came out.
right before I got to Penn, and it said, all success is preceded by being happy first, which completely changes any discussion of goal setting. If you don't address the issue of emotional flourishing, not just happiness, it's not happyology, then you're really not being professional in terms of talking about goal setting, if you have access to this information.
right before I got to Penn, and it said, all success is preceded by being happy first, which completely changes any discussion of goal setting. If you don't address the issue of emotional flourishing, not just happiness, it's not happyology, then you're really not being professional in terms of talking about goal setting, if you have access to this information.
right before I got to Penn, and it said, all success is preceded by being happy first, which completely changes any discussion of goal setting. If you don't address the issue of emotional flourishing, not just happiness, it's not happyology, then you're really not being professional in terms of talking about goal setting, if you have access to this information.
So for several reasons, that book became a real pioneering book. in the field of goal setting and in positive psychology, it's still selling. But my latest book is an updated version of that. So, so that was when I was passion struck.
So for several reasons, that book became a real pioneering book. in the field of goal setting and in positive psychology, it's still selling. But my latest book is an updated version of that. So, so that was when I was passion struck.
So for several reasons, that book became a real pioneering book. in the field of goal setting and in positive psychology, it's still selling. But my latest book is an updated version of that. So, so that was when I was passion struck.
Yeah. It was like being drunk all the time and I don't drink. I haven't had a drink in 40 years, but I just felt drunk. I would call my husband at the end of every day. So it was like five days or three full days every single month. And I remember I couldn't speak. And the only analogy I could come up with is I was an unformatted computer disc that had too much information on it. My brain
Yeah. It was like being drunk all the time and I don't drink. I haven't had a drink in 40 years, but I just felt drunk. I would call my husband at the end of every day. So it was like five days or three full days every single month. And I remember I couldn't speak. And the only analogy I could come up with is I was an unformatted computer disc that had too much information on it. My brain