Derek Sivers said the same in a post called 'keep your goals to yourself' at I read here before.

There's certainly some truth to it.

I failed in secrecy before though, so Im giving transparency a shot.

I am also hoping that it will help me connect with people who can help me make it happen.

Edit: The post was called zip it - http://sivers.org/ There's a TED Talk - http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_keep_your_goals_to_you...