"Choose goals you want, not goals you should want Many people set goals driven by obligation — 'I really should take care of my health' — rather than genuine desire, and research shows this makes follow-through far less likely. The speaker explains that 'it is so much easier to achieve a goal if you have some compelling reasons as to why you care about actually achieving that goal,' and that goals chased for purely extrinsic reasons like fame or status leave you both less likely to succeed and less likely to enjoy the journey. His own visceral-fat goal is fuelled by wanting to be present for his wife and daughter, not by social pressure. Before committing to any goal, ask whether your 'why' is one you actually feel or one you've borrowed from someone else's expectations. Source: Ali Abdaal, Ali Abdaal YouTube, How to Actually Achieve Your Goals — The GPS System"