People are focused to goal attainment to the point that they neglect to feel happy in the journey.

How do implementation intentions promote goal attainment?

One study examined foreign language students' beliefs about learning, goal attainment, and motivation to continue with language study.

However, within the self-expansion model, potential efficacy is used instead as it only refers to obtaining resources that will make goal attainment possible.

They believe that "a learning goal facilitates or enhances metacognition-namely, planning, monitoring, and evaluating progress toward goal attainment".

Such goal attainment requires a knowledge base and rules and strategies.

Furthermore, goal attainment and the integral function belong to the consummatory aspect of the systems.

Forté also identifies an individual's current logic style, current stamina level, and current feelings about goal attainment.

A broader repertoire of "tools" also assists in goal attainment.

Her $191,000 salary was reduced to $188,000, including bonuses based on annual goal attainment, and a student achievement bonus.