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By Eric Barker
Barker is the author of Barking Up The Wrong Tree
You can measure progress by how much you’ve completed or how much you have left to do. Research says you’ll be more motivated if you focus on whichever of those two is smaller:
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This piece originally appeared on Barking Up the Wrong Tree.
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