{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/use-reminders-for-goals-that-are-ambitious-but-still-credible",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0936",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Use reminders for goals that are ambitious but still credible",
  "summary": "A reminder cannot rescue a goal you do not believe is reachable.",
  "kind": "heuristic",
  "body": "The 2026 reminders study found the largest gains among workers who had set ambitious but realistic goals. Use reminders on goals that require attention but remain behaviorally plausible. If a reminder repeatedly triggers resignation rather than action, change the goal or the path instead of increasing notification volume.",
  "limits": [
    "Ambition and realism are context-dependent; the study does not define a universal difficulty level."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-execution-rhythm"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-B2FA5B10E4B1EF1E"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "Goal reminders were most effective for workers who set ambitious but realistic self-set goals in the 2026 field experiment.",
      "source_id": "RS-B2FA5B10E4B1EF1E",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Ambition and realism are context-dependent; the study does not define a universal difficulty level.",
      "locator": "See source record"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "You set either trivial goals that need no reminder or fantasy goals that are ignored."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Ambition and realism are context-dependent; the study does not define a universal difficulty level."
  ],
  "example": "A target of finishing two validated sections today may benefit from a reminder; 'finish the entire migration this afternoon' probably will not.",
  "check": "Goal reminders activate feasible work rather than repeated failure cues.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-B2FA5B10E4B1EF1E",
      "title": "The effect of reminders for self-set goals on productivity",
      "url": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2026.103822"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-86F22D8037A34580",
      "title": "Turn goals into work that finishes and stays finished after hours",
      "url": "/collections/turn-goals-into-work-that-finishes-and-stays-finished-after-hours"
    }
  ]
}