Creative achievements – suggestions of valid alternatives or changes – often elicit hostile rejection from people who defend the status quo or enthusiastic support from those who champion change. Though defending the status quo is…
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How We Invent Reasons To Explain Our Behavior
In the 1960s, a young psychologist was hired to look for after-effects in patients who recently had split-brain surgeries. He discovered that they sometimes didn’t know the true motives for their behavior. Instead, they simply…
Why You Should Practice When Others Take a Break
Imagine a cold evening. It’s raining outside and the streets are empty. In the warm comfort of his home, a young man puts on his running shoes, grabs his keys, and steps out the door…
How To Tame Your Monkey Mind
I’m sure you’re familiar with the little voice inside your head. This annoying and repetitive stream of information about yourself, ruminations about the past, and worries about the future. This voice has been called “inner…
The Surprising Power of Small Habits
If you improve by 1% every day for a year, you’ll be thirty-seven times better at the end of it. If you get worse by 1% every day for a year, you’ll almost be at…
A Surprisingly Easy Way to Establish New Habits
I failed to establish a daily workout routine for over a year. Then I found an unexpected way to establish one and followed through with it. In this article, I’ll explain how I did it and how you can do it, too.
How to Overcome Your Nagging Sense of Incompleteness
We are plagued by a nagging sense of incompleteness. In this post, I will explain why that’s the case and what we can do about it.1) Uncertainty, Choices, and Paralysis In the past, it was…
How to Use Goals to Stay Motivated Over the Long Haul
Goals contribute in a very important way to stay motivated long-term. They determine what you perceive, generate positive emotions, and motivate you when you make progress. Today, we’ll look at why that’s the case and how we can use the power of goals in our daily lives.
11 Short Life Lessons from Extreme Ownership
In the book, Extreme Ownership (my summary) Jocko Willink and Leif Babin explain timeless principles for living a better life. While they mainly write about how to lead their lessons apply to life in general….
How to Use the Hidden Power of Serotonin
Imagine two people. One is confident, calm, and planning for the future. The other is worried, stressed, and impulsive. What causes these differences? One cause is serotonin. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that powerfully affects your…