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“People still have the same self-control as a decade ago, but we are bombarded more and more with temptations. Our psychological system is not set up to deal with all the potential immediate gratification.”

KATHLEEN VOHS

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Studies have shown that people that are really good at achieving their goals are not the ones that put more effort into exerting self-control in the face of temptations, but the ones that experience fewer temptations to start with.

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Many people believe that the key to happiness is to have more choices, but it is really the opposite.

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If we work in an environment where we're bombarded with distractions and we are not capable of resisting them, we're more likely to procrastinate.

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