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On the other hand, you can also bracket this choice broadly - instead of eating a single chocolate bar, you're considering the rule of eating like this all the time. If you ate a chocolate bar like this every time you're at the checkout counter, you'll quickly be overweight. Now, your epsilon cost just got a lot bigger.
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In general, temptation bundling, self-rewarding and commitment contracts are a kind of 'trick' you play on yourself - you sweeten the goal-promoting activity with a few perks (or you punish yourself for failure), but the core activity remains as unpleasant as ever. Although these techniques may w...
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You can easily apply high-level construal to all important decisions in your life. Are you deciding whether to work on your career skills or go to the pub? Ask yourself why you need better career skills. Is the answer 'to get promoted and reach a higher salary'? Then ask yourself why you want to ...
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James Clear, author of Atomic Habits , has a useful way of framing these issues of identity, "Every action you take is a vote for the kind of person you wish to become."
Do you want to take up running? Start thinking of yourself as a runne...
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This study shows that it's much better to bolster your want-to rather than have-to motivations. If you only have have-to motivations, then you'll experience self-control conflict. You'll know you should choose the option with the delayed reward, but you'll want the option with the immediate rewar...
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One of the ways you can self-affirm is by taking this online test . The test is free and takes about 15 minutes. In the test you'll answer a series of questions designed to assess your core strengths. The test result will provide y...
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One nice thing about the βone-minute ruleβ is that you donβt have to think about priorities,Β because you do anything that presents itself, right away.
And your productivity will shot up because you getΒ so many little things got done quickly, so you'll have more time for the bigger...
They guide the choice of what to do (and not do) without requiring a lot of time, analysis, or information.Β
They work well for categorical choices, like a judgeβs yes-or-no decision on a defendantβs bail, and decisions requiring many potential opportunities to be screened quickly.Β
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