The Pattern That Happens When We Are at a Set Point

We're at a set point. It's where we feel familiar. We decide, i'm going to make some changes. I'm going to improve. Let's say i meing to go up for that promotion. But then it starts feel very uncomfortable. And so one way or another, we figure out how to sabotage and lose that promotion,. Not do a good job. All of the sudden we're self sabotaging back down to our original setpoint. Because it feels very comfortable and familiar. What's happening here is cognitive dissonance. E, because we are experiencing all this discomfort and cognitive dissonance, our brain starts sending us messages which sound really true but don't mean what