Goal shielding and progress

The perception of progress may motivate people to make further progress. But this does not always happen. Sometimes focusing on progress leads to a disengagement from our goal. In Sometimes focusing on progress disengages us from our goal I explain the concept of goal shielding and the circumstances under which our goal focus may be diminished by focusing on the progress we have made. Also, I suggest two types of interventions to sustain motivation for our focal goal.