Will Durant
Recently I’ve been studying the physiology that underpins motivation. What happens at a biological level when we feel driven and motivated to strive for goals? I’ve mentioned a number of times on this blog that I’ve previously had the propensity for slumps. Over the past few years I’ve learned some interventions that can quickly get me out
My favorite strategy for leveling up a skill quickly is the 30 day challenge. You do one thing, every day, for 30 days without fail. No days off, no weekends and no skipping a day. You can achieve some pretty amazing results just by doing this. However, if you’re really committed to improving then 30 day
“Tomorrow, I’m going to work” This sentence has so many underlying psychological connotations:-9 to 5Annoying bossesGetting up earlyClock watchingLimited breaksDoing things you don’t want to doDealing with people you don’t want to do deal withCommutingPerformance reviewsPlaying the gameIf “work” was a brand, the PR and marketing teams would have an emergency on their hands. “Work” is tarnished
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get thereJosh Billings I have written before about my natural tendency to feel overwhelmed when faced with a large goal and how I have developed mental models to overcome these often less-than-useful thought patterns. Overcoming procrastination due to overwhelm probably ranks in my top
As someone who has drunk alcohol on a fairly regular basis (with the exception of acute periodic abstention) since the age of 19, I’ve been consciously examining my relationship with alcohol and what it brings to my life. In short:- my findings have alarmed me. We obviously all know that alcohol is not good but
It was March 2020 and my country of residence announced a seriously tough lockdown because of the virus that shall not be named. We were prisoners in our own home; allowed out for groceries only if we brandished our quarantine pass. Everything else was off limits. At the time of writing this (some 18 months later),
So you’re going through a patch where you feel completely demotivated to do anything positive. Your mind is stucking in a loop of negativity and it’s bringing you down to the point where you just can’t get yourself to do anything. You ask yourself “what’s the point?” and your self talk becomes increasingly destructive. You