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The Science of Motivation

A Slight Change of Plans

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Do You Have Power?

When people feel that they have power, the same goal will come to their mind more in terms of approaching than avoiding. Protugals, dugals, are better then do not. The reason is because the avoidance calls tend to be choise and portugals tend to be fun and exciting. Our emotional responses to failure can be different when we framed our goals in terms of approach versus avoidant. It's really hard to measure the absence of an activity and absence of an action, right? And so it can feel less motivating, because you just have less signal af thot how much progress you're making. That's why, for example, i'm always telling everyone in my life

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