So Money episode 1845, The Science of Setting Financial Goals with Caroline Adams-Miller, author of the new book, Big Goals.

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So women and men who have identical assignments at work, when the woman finishes it on time

and it's good, and a man with the exact same assignment takes longer to do it and works

late, weekends and nights, he is seen as more dedicated

to the company and he gets rewarded. Welcome to another episode of So Money, everybody. I'm Farnished

Tarabi. We are diving into the art and science of establishing financial goals, not just establishing

them, actually successfully executing on

these goals, how to build sustainable, achievable plans that propel us towards financial

resilience. Our guest is the foremost expert on this front, Caroline Adams Miller. Her newest book,

Big Goals, is changing the conversation around achieving personal and

professional ambitions. Why? Because she is bringing forth the science behind how we set goals,

stay resilient, and achieve meaningful success. Caroline is the author of nine books, including

Creating Your Best Life.

She's a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard, and she holds one of the first master's degrees

in applied positive psychology from UPenn.

In our conversation, we talk about some of the most famous goal-setting books of the past,

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