Shifting Goals

Shifting Goals

Can't shake old ideas? Wash them off, suggests new study. Handwipes aren't just for germs anymore. Their uses may extend to more flexible thinking and reorienting one's priorities. A pair of researchers at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management has found the physicality of cleaning one's hands acts to shift goal pursuit, making prior goals less important and subsequent goals more important. Source 4y.