Human behavior is controlled more by evaluations given by others than the individual is aware of. When eccentric behavior is noticed, eccentric behavior is reinforced, and when evaluation by achievement of the annual plan is given, people behave in a way that Increase the probability of achievement.

Even if you are not actually evaluated at the level of achievement in the annual plan, you are affected just by feeling as if you are.

[Stretch Goal Setting in OKR is extremely beneficial for [Increased productivity

Ultimately, individual cognitive distortion cannot be eliminated, so the only way is to create a system that distorts in a beneficial direction.

During the New Year vacations, I had been slacking off and had not made any progress on Project for English-language intellectual production techniques for engineers (-20200122), but I made 4 pomodoros of progress just by making my own OKRs and sending them to my supervisor without being asked. I made my own OKR and sent it to my supervisor without being asked for it, and the work progressed by 4 pomodoros.


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