Ayelet Fishbach, "Get It Done: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation" (Little, Brown Spark, 2022)
New Books in Psychology
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The Importance of Patience
As we get older self control gets a bit easier. Can you talk to us about the importance of patience and motivation for achieving your goals? It's a conflict between doing what feels good at the moment, or waiting so that I will do what will feel good later on. There are mainly two barriers to making a patient decision. One is that you just can help it. You're just too tempted. Okay, that you're just too hungry not to put the food that is not quite ready now and now - destroy your appetite for later. Or you just can't wait to put the money in the savings account you really want to use it now and so you have later.
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