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What Is Goal-Setting Theory?

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Goal-setting theory describes the mechanisms that best engage and motivate employees. These tactics include setting goals that are specific and realistic yet challenging. Best practices in goal setting also require a completion date for a project. Doran later applied Locke’s theory to his own work in goal setting.

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The 10 Best New Books for Productivity

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Step one, check out this list of books to help boost your productivity. This book takes a deep look at the timing of productivity and provides us with the research to make it work to our benefit. Productivity: hustle culture’s ultimate goal. The pressure to do more, both at work and at home, isn’t a feasible long-term lifestyle.

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Bibliotherapy: Boost Well-being and Find Community With a Therapeutic Book Club

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Millions of Americans participate in some type of book club, whether virtual or in-person. Book clubs come in all shapes and sizes. They can focus on fiction or nonfiction, have themes to guide book choices, and be organized through places like work, school, professional organizations, religious groups and libraries.

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21 Ways to Read More Books

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You’ve probably said it to yourself 100 times before: I really need to start reading more books. When you’re an out-of-the-habit adult with a full schedule, however, finding the time to pick up a book can be a challenge. But this is a goal worth striving for. Get the most out of the book you’re reading.

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45 Professional Development Books to Level Up Your Career and Your Life

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In a world with countless ways to level up your professional development, books are one of the most underestimated tools. Professional development books give insight on how to grow in our careers, grow as people and better approach work-related challenges, shifting work environments and new opportunities.

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Could You Write a Book in a Month?

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I had just appeared on the Today show to promote my first nonfiction book, an account of how my life was transformed by sacrificing some little luxuries. Why I put off writing a book Writing a novel has always been my dream. Wallowing in self-doubt had always derailed my writing process. But I couldn’t take that advice myself.

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Former NFL Player John Diggs Bounced Back From a Crisis and Found Success With His “Mapineering” Technique

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Eventually, he built one of the largest mortgage brokerages in southern California, living the comfortable millionaire lifestyle with his wife and kids. All he took with him in the move were some gym clothes, his bike and a “big-ass box” bursting with all the motivational CDs, DVDs and books he’d accumulated over the years.

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