Self-handicapping

A person, who is looking for a job, has one main goal: to find one. It would seem that they will do their best and will put the maximum amount of effort in the seeking process to achieve that goal.

However, paradoxically, it is precisely the essence and the importance of the goal that result in
sometimes preferring not to take any action, and – on the contrary – sometimes taking actions that do not bring us closer to our goal, but make it even more difficult to achieve it. This strategy, called Read more