This is the annual bang-your-head-against-the-goalpost debate that occurs whenever a high-quality team sprints out of the gate without a loss.

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Because that was the goalpost researchers had set for success before the study was begun, it is said to have failed.

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However, for Jackson, a measured step is when she only gets to move the goalpost half as far as she wanted to.

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That row of decaying goalpost-shaped frames may look like a historic arcade, but it actually supported conveyor belts carrying coal from the mines to the docks.

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Leveraging a highly engaged workforce is a constantly moving goalpost.

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But the goalpost is moving farther away.

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