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Giant Brain Candy: Telling Can Feel Like Doing. In three experiments, people whose plans for who they wanted to become were noticed by others acted on them less. A fourth found being noticed gave a premature sense of already being that person. Source: When intentions go public.
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  1. Gollwitzer, P. M., Sheeran, P., Michalski, V., & Seifert, A. E. (2009). When intentions go public: Does social reality widen the intention–behavior gap? Psychological Science, 20(5), 612–618.

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Telling Can Feel Like Doing

In three experiments, people whose plans for who they wanted to become were noticed by others acted on them less. A fourth found being noticed gave a premature sense of already being that person.

Source: When intentions go public · Growing evidence

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