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New Horizons Scientists Were Masters of the Long Haul
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New Horizons Scientists Were Masters of the Long Haul

Here’s How People Stick with Extremely Long-Term Goals

Bruce Barry and Thomas Bateman
The Conversation, 2018
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Many know the basics of reaching short-term goals. Goals need to be specific, measurable and achieveable in a certain amount of time. What about goals that take decades or even lifetimes to reach? The research is sparse, but a new study by management professors Bruce Barry and Thomas Bateman explores how people stay motivated as they work to pursue long-term goals. Anyone working toward an uncertain future goal or struggling with motivation would benefit from this compelling article.

Take-Aways

  • NASA’s New Horizons space probe took nearly two decades to travel the billions of miles from Earth to Ultima Thule in the Kuiper Belt.
  • Most studies focus on short-term goals, but new research reveals more about achieving long-term benchmarks that take years to reach, such as the New Horizons mission.
  • People draw on motivation grounded in both the present and the future.

About the Authors

Bruce Barry, PhD, is a management and sociology professor at Vanderbilt University. Thomas Bateman, DBA, is a management professor at the University of Virginia.

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