Dr. Laurie Santos

It's really those mini challenges where you get those hits of accomplishment along the way.

It's really those mini challenges where you get those hits of accomplishment along the way.

That's what we really want to be building towards rather than this sort of big thing at the end.

That's what we really want to be building towards rather than this sort of big thing at the end.

What we don't want to do is get really caught up in the arrival in specific things, specific accolades.

What we don't want to do is get really caught up in the arrival in specific things, specific accolades.

Again, in part because we're mispredicting how good they're going to feel.

Again, in part because we're mispredicting how good they're going to feel.

They're not going to feel as good as we think.

They're not going to feel as good as we think.

I think we're better off kind of tying ourselves to the journey.

I think we're better off kind of tying ourselves to the journey.

In fact, several researchers at Stanford have studied what they call the journey mindset, which is really just taking on this mindset of I'm just going to try to be present and pay attention to how it feels along the way.

In fact, several researchers at Stanford have studied what they call the journey mindset, which is really just taking on this mindset of I'm just going to try to be present and pay attention to how it feels along the way.

I'm just going to try to notice these things as we go.

I'm just going to try to notice these things as we go.

And their studies show that, in fact, you wind up happier if you can focus on the journey rather than the goal at the end.

And their studies show that, in fact, you wind up happier if you can focus on the journey rather than the goal at the end.

Now, does that mean that we need to be like not goal-oriented at all?

Now, does that mean that we need to be like not goal-oriented at all?