Sit Experiment 10: Use WOOP

To me, Gabrielle Oettingen’s main contribution is reminding us that visualizing what we want to achieve is not enough without also visualizing and planning for the obstacles. Besides writing a book, she and her collaborators have created an app that you can use to help you move through the WOOP process successfully.

  • Gabrielle Oettingen: Rethinking Positive Thinking: Inside the New Science of Motivation. Current, 2015.
  • Gabrielle Oettingen & colleagues.  WOOP My Life app.