Why this works — the research behind it.

Across studies with ~5,000 people, only 10–15% truly met the bar for self-awareness — while 95% believed they had it.

ForWorthy is built to close exactly this gap — an honest mirror before any plan.

Source: Eurich, T. (2018). What Self-Awareness Really Is. Harvard Business Review.

Even a medium-to-large change in what people intend produces only a small-to-medium change in what they actually do. The say–do gap is real and measured.

Our core mechanic — what you said vs. how you lived — surfaces the exact gap this science measures.

Source: Sheeran & Webb (2016), Social & Personality Psych. Compass; Webb & Sheeran (2006), Psych. Bulletin.

A meta-analysis of 138 randomized studies found that prompting people to monitor their goal progress reliably increases goal attainment — more so when it’s recorded and made public.

The ForWorthy loop: track the week, see the gap, close it. The dashboard is the mechanism.

Source: Harkin, B., et al. (2016). Psychological Bulletin, 142(2).

People who wrote goals down were 42% more likely to achieve them; those who also sent weekly updates to a friend succeeded at over 70%, vs. 35% who kept goals to themselves.

Why ForWorthy is built around the 360, "nominate a friend," and weekly check-ins.

Source: Matthews, G. (2015). Dominican University of California (N = 267).

A meta-analysis found coaching produces significant positive effects across performance, well-being, coping, attitudes, and self-regulation.

The coach layer isn’t a nice-to-have — the evidence says it moves the outcomes the app targets.

Source: Theeboom, Beersma & van Vianen (2014). The Journal of Positive Psychology, 9(1).

Labeling an emotion reduces amygdala activity. And people who name feelings precisely (higher "emotional granularity") have better mental health and regulate emotion more effectively.

Why our questions are felt-sense and specific, not generic Likert — the naming is the intervention.

Source: Lieberman et al. (2007), Psych. Science; Kashdan, Barrett & McKnight (2015), Curr. Directions in Psych. Science.

We measure temperature, sleep, steps, even glucose — but almost no one tracks how present they are, how often they feel blocked, or where their attention really goes.

The mirrors are the instruments for those inner metrics — the dashboard for the life you’re living.

Source: Pew Research Center — "Tracking for Health"; fitness-tracker adoption (2020).