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'Shoot for the moon?' Aim a bit lower, researchers say
- May 29, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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How ambitious should you be? Folk wisdom offers conflicting advice: "Shoot for the moon," but also, "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good." A new study by researchers at the University of Wyoming, Stanford University and the University of Colorado-Boulder used a mathematical model to show that ambition lies in the middle—above average but finite.
Originally published at Phys.org