Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals

Most of us have no idea why we fail to reach our goals. Now eminent social psychologist Heidi Grant Halvorson shows us how we can finally win by revealing how goals really work -- and by showing us how to avoid what typically goes wrong.

Dr. Heidi Grant Halvorson offers insights -- many surprising -- that listeners can use immediately, including how to:

Set a goal so that you will persist even in the face of adversity

Build willpower, which can be strengthened like a muscle

Avoid the kind of positive thinking that makes people fail