In a Dominican University study, people with written goals, action commitments and weekly progress reports to a friend saw a 80.95% improvement over control group which had no written goals, no action commitments and no weekly progress reports.<ref>[https://sidsavara.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/researchsummary2.pdf Goals Research Summary]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130303163000/https://www.dominican.edu/dominicannews/study-backs-up-strategies-for-achieving-goals Study Backs up Strategies for Achieving Goals]</ref><ref>[https://www.fastcompany.com/1798754/goals-difference-between-success-and-failure Goals: The Difference Between Success And Failure], Fast Company</ref> | In a Dominican University study, people with written goals, action commitments and weekly progress reports to a friend saw a 80.95% improvement over control group which had no written goals, no action commitments and no weekly progress reports.<ref>[https://sidsavara.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/researchsummary2.pdf Goals Research Summary]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130303163000/https://www.dominican.edu/dominicannews/study-backs-up-strategies-for-achieving-goals Study Backs up Strategies for Achieving Goals]</ref><ref>[https://www.fastcompany.com/1798754/goals-difference-between-success-and-failure Goals: The Difference Between Success And Failure], Fast Company</ref> |