After coming up with a brilliant new life plan, our first instinct is to tell someone, but Derek Sivers says it's better to keep our goals secret.
Derek also presents research going as far back as the 1920s to show why people who talk about their ambitions may be less likely to achieve them.
Watch this three-minute mini-talk by Derek Sivers, the founder of CD Baby. In 2008, Sivers sold CD Baby to focus on his new ventures to benefit musicians, including his new company, MuckWork, where teams of efficient assistants help musicians do their "uncreative dirty work."
Remember that all of the TED talks offer optional subtitles in a number of languages, and very often the transcript of a talk is also available, as in the case with Keep your goals to yourself.
