News Finding: You end up splitting your focus over many tasks, losing focus, lowering the quality of your work and taking longer to hit your goals.
Paper Finding: , for example, found that dieting subjects with specific quotas for number of mouthfuls eaten changed their eating patterns (e.g., by eating more low-calorie foods that did not count in their quotas).
News Context: Actually, the most successful people are very patient and avoid juggling many things. You end up splitting your focus over many tasks, losing focus, lowering the quality of your work and taking longer to hit your goals. The 8 percent of people who nail down their goals are smart enough to work on several smaller chunks to complete a big goal.
Paper Context: Whereas the first three mechanisms are relatively direct in their effects, this last mechanism is indirect. , for example, found that dieting subjects with specific quotas for number of mouthfuls eaten changed their eating patterns (e.g., by eating more low-calorie foods that did not count in their quotas). They also engaged in more planning (e.g., by saving part of their quota for a dinner out).