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# Derek Sivers: Keep Your Goals To Yourself
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/derek-sivers-keep-your-goals-to-yourself/
- Published: 2010-09-10T10:15:54.000Z
- Updated: 2010-09-10T10:15:54.000Z
- Description: In this TED talk, Derek Sivers, founder of CD Baby, tells us why we should consider keeping our goals to ourselves. The act of announcing your plans makes you less. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/09/derek-sivers-keep-your-goals-to-yourself.html]
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[![image from upload.wikimedia.org](https://a4.typepad.com/6a0111683c7a25970c0133f3ed3f64970b-115wi "image from upload.wikimedia.org")](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/DerekSivers-iceland.jpg/300px-DerekSivers-iceland.jpg?ref=hypebot.com) In this [TED talk](http://www.ted.com/talks/derek%5Fsivers%5Fkeep%5Fyour%5Fgoals%5Fto%5Fyourself.html?ref=hypebot.com), **Derek Sivers**, founder of [CD Baby](www.cdbaby.com), tells us [why](http://sivers.org/zipit?ref=hypebot.com) we should consider keeping our goals to ourselves. The act of announcing your plans makes you *less* motivated to accomplish them. Thinking about pursuing a job that’s slightly out of your reach or obtaining enough fans to gain finnanical independence by Christmas? **Tell no one**. The likelihood that you will achieve that goal only increases.