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Silence: The Surprising Way to Achieve a Goal      Have big
plans? Here's an easy way to boost your odds for success: Try
keeping those plans to yourself.      Everyone has a huge
personal goal they want to accomplish--a big, challenging,
amazing goal. They think about it, dream about it, obsess about
it... but they never accomplish it.      That could be because
they also talk about it.      According to studies like this
one, people who talk about their intentions are less likely to
follow through on those intentions.      Say you want to thru-
hike the Appalachian Trail, a grueling five- to seven-month trek
from Georgia to Maine. (Having completed about 2% of it, I'm not
so well on my way.)      You're having dinner with friends, and
you tell them about it.      "Oh, wow!" one exclaims. "That
sounds amazing. But won't it be super hard?"      Indeed it
will, you say, and you share what you know about tent sites,
shelters, too-occasional showers,