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Personal goals are central to the attainment of well-being because they organize people’s lives and help them to realize visions for their future. However, not every goal is accomplished, and not every accomplished goal translates into greater well-being. This chapter provides a critical review and synthesis of the self-determination theory research on personal goal striving, highlighting how motivation for personal goals has important implications for outcomes related to the goal (e.g., performance, persistence) and the person (e.g., vitality, well-being). To do so the chapter examines the lifecycle of personal goals, arguing that across each phase in goal striving—from the early stage of goal setting to the possibility of goal disengagement—issues of autonomous versus controlled motivation are pivotal. Also discussed is the role of personality (nature) and other people (nurture) in goal pursuit, suggesting that the fate of our goals is partly determined by who we are and by who we surround ourselves with. |
