What if you finally had the science on your side?

Set Bigger Goals—and Actually Reach Them—Using the Science the World’s Top Researchers Trust.

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CAROLINE ADAMS MILLER, MAPP
(HARVARD, MAGNA CUM LAUDE)

Author of BIG GOALS, Getting Grit, and eight books on positive psychology.

TOP-TIER MEDIA GUEST & GLOBAL PRESS CONTRIBUTOR
Featured on CNN, The New York Times, and leading business platforms worldwide as an authority on the science of grit, evidence-based goal setting, and peak performance.

CAROLINE ADAMS MILLER, MAPP
(HARVARD, MAGNA CUM LAUDE)

Author of BIG GOALS, Getting Grit, and eight books on positive psychology.

Goal setting has been getting it wrong for decades.

SMART goals were invented in 1981 by a management consultant. They have no peer-reviewed research behind them. Yet they dominate corporate planning, coaching programs, self-help culture, and even all AI engines to this day — while the actual science of motivation and goal achievement has moved far beyond them.

Locke and Latham’s Goal Setting Theory, backed by over 400 studies and five decades of empirical research, shows that challenging, specific goals outperform easy goals and vague ‘do your best’ intentions by a wide margin. But the science doesn’t stop there. Implementation intentions, self-efficacy, mental contrasting, grit, deliberate practice, and the neuroscience of reward all play documented roles in whether you succeed or fail — roles that SMART goals completely ignore.

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400+

peer-reviewed studies underlying THE BRIDGE FRAMEWORK’S scientific foundation

50 years

of validated Goal Setting Theory — the most replicated finding in organizational psychology

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AI coaching matched human coaching in a 10-month RCT on goal attainment (Terblanche et al., 2022)

Test the Intelligence Behind BIG GOALS

For the first time, 50 years of validated goal-setting science has been distilled into a single, comprehensive masterclass designed to change how you achieve results forever. Built entirely on the proprietary BIG GOALS methodology, this program integrates Caroline’s signature BRIDGE framework with a research-trained AI coaching avatar that holds you accountable 24 hours a day.

Next Big Idea Club finalist — selected alongside world's top nonfiction

Grounded in Locke & Latham, Duckworth, Bandura & Oettingen

The world's first AI coaching avatar built on a validated goal framework

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Most goal-setting advice is built on habit and hype. What I’ve spent 25 years doing — and what this course delivers — is the unvarnished science of why some people achieve their most challenging goals and others don’t. The answer isn’t willpower. It’s a system.

Caroline Adams Miller, MAPP

Harvard magna cum laude · Author of BIG GOALS, Getting Grit, Creating Your Best Life & My Name is Caroline

THE BRIDGE FRAMEWORK

BRAINSTORMING

Identify the right goal, the right environment, and the right analogs for success

RELATIONSHIPS

Build the human ecosystem your goal actually requires — not just cheerleaders

INVESTMENTS

Audit your time, energy, and character strengths before you commit a single hour

DECISION-MAKING

Eliminate noise, bias, and misplaced certainty from your most critical choices

GOOD GRIT

Develop the passion-driven persistence that outlasts setbacks and sustains momentum

EXCELLENCE

Pursue deliberate practice and mastery — not just completion or ‘good enough’

Inside the BIG GOALS Masterclass

BIG GOALS · JANUARY 2027

BIG GOALS: The Science of Achieving What Matters Most

An 8-week cohort course for professionals, leaders, and anyone who is serious about closing the gap between ambition and achievement. Grounded in the BRIDGE Framework, each week tackles one dimension of goal science — and you leave with a personalized goal strategy, not just a framework.

Course details:

•8 weeks · 2 hours live per week + self-paced modules
•Live cohort with peer accountability built in
•AI coaching avatar included — available 24/7
•Designed for individuals & high-achieving teams

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WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT

Methodology-first, not motivation-firstEvery module is built on published research. You learn not just what to do, but why it works — which is the only thing that makes the knowledge stick when life gets hard.
An AI coaching avatar trained on 25 years of coachingNot a generic chatbot. A goal-focused coaching system trained on the BRIDGE framework, calibrated to ask the questions that matter — and available when your human coach isn't.
SMART goals are not the answer — and we'll show you whyBRIDGE is built on what the science actually supports. If you've been taught SMART goals, prepare to have your assumptions productively challenged — and replaced with something that works.
Gender and culture are part of the science, not footnotesResearch on how women set and pursue goals — and how culture shapes ambition — is woven into the curriculum, not bolted on. Goal science isn't one-size-fits-all.
Part of the BIG GOALS familyThis course is part of BIG GOALS family — the system that brings the BRIDGE framework to life through courses, a professional certification, and an AI coaching avatar. Wherever you start, you're building on the same six pillars of science.

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