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Going against our nature
Change is easier when we play our strenghts, but is going to be hardest when we are not committed and when it involves going against our nature.
A hack that promises to help us can’t when it depends on us having to unlearn our deep-rooted patterns of adapting. That’s why playing to our strengths is much easier, to the point of not requiring much effort at all.
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Change and our environments
The mere thought of change is threatening and frightening, which is why we gravitate toward the familiar and are generally happier with the devil we know. We make our environments as predictable as possible
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Personalities and change
Our personality constrains our ability to change, limiting our likelihood of replacing old habits with new ones.
This is not to say that people can’t change, but they either become exaggerated versions of their earlier selves, or follow a commo...
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New Year's resolutions fail
80% of New Year’s resolutions are broken within two months.
And these tend to concern habits or behaviors we are actually determined to change. So much so that they are often recycled year after year.
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Wanting change vs. wanting to change
Most people don't really want to change, they want to have changed.
When people profess a clear desire to change, that usually means they are interested in change as an outcome rather than change as a process.
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Genetics play a 30 to 40 percent role in optimism bias. Actively believing that positive changes are going to happen boosts our motivation to try harder than we normally would, impacting the final outcome. Positive expectations make us happier and reduce our anxiety.
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Cognitive Miser Theory
We tend to put the least amount of effort possible into problem-solving.
We are apt to minimize cognitive effort and save our strength for when it's most needed. If we're not consciously engaged with the details, we're likely to take any shortcut that presents itself.
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Our brain is an anticipation machine
We typically see the world through a set of filters that can limit our experience and keep us stuck in painful patterns of emotion.
Filters help us anticipate what is going to happen next and influence the information our brains receive. When we begin to filter too much, we lose touch w...
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