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Goal pursuit

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Decision-making Goal setting Goal pursuit Planning
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Goal pursuit is the process of attempting to achieve a desired future outcome.^[1] This generally follows goal setting, the process of forming these desires.

^ Gollwitzer and Brandstatter (1997). "Implementation intentions and effective goal pursuit". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 73 (1): 186–199. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.730.7918. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.73.1.186.

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