How to Reach Your Goals with a Science-Backed Tool | Dr. Emily Balcetis & Dr. Andrew Huberman

So we asked hundreds thousands of people , what their New Year's resolutions are . We look to all the other polls that , that do the same kind of work and regardless of where you look or who you ask or when you ask it , people's number one goal is something related to their health , right ? To , to lose weight , to exercise more to , to get out , get more steps for mental well being , physical well being and , and that's like the number one goal every January 1st .

How to Reach Your Goals with a Science-Backed Tool | Dr. Emily Balcetis & Dr. Andrew Huberman

We look to all the other polls that , that do the same kind of work and regardless of where you look or who you ask or when you ask it , people's number one goal is something related to their health , right ? To , to lose weight , to exercise more to , to get out , get more steps for mental well being , physical well being and , and that's like the number one goal every January 1st . So if , if we were able to accomplish that goal , you think it would drop a little bit in the rankings ?

How to Reach Your Goals with a Science-Backed Tool | Dr. Emily Balcetis & Dr. Andrew Huberman

So this would be challenging , uh , for them to do . Um , but we said , you know , it's an indicator of overall health and fitness . Some of these people had narrowed their focus of attention and some were just looking more expansively or naturally .

How to Reach Your Goals with a Science-Backed Tool | Dr. Emily Balcetis & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Uh what's the link between vision and motivation and how can we leverage that in order to better reach our goals ? So , you know , we started thinking about what are the goals that are most important to people that they struggle with the most . So we asked hundreds thousands of people , what their New Year's resolutions are .

How to Reach Your Goals with a Science-Backed Tool | Dr. Emily Balcetis & Dr. Andrew Huberman

But it doesn't because it's really hard . So we thought , I wonder if there's a way for us to make some progress on that , on helping people to exercise better , more often , stick to it longer and , and make some progress there . We know diets don't work and why why don't diets work for the same reason that , that self talk doesn't work is that , you know , we go in it full bore hardcore .