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How Expectations Keep You Stuck | David Robson

The Art of Charm

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The Effects of Mindset on Self-Control

Kendra: I really believe that there's like when you get fatigued, when you practice self control, after a certain point, it's kind of diminished. But the research shows that actually a mindset is that is the result of a mindset. Some people who see their willpower as being easily depleted in this way and that becomes their self-fulfilling prophecy. You have other people who see willpower as being kind of self-enhancing. So two very different mindsets, both of which can become self-FULFILLING prophecies. We might have one mindset for one type of task light sticking to a diet, another mindset for another type of task Light exercise or avoiding distraction

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