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Dr Emily Balcetis - How to Never Quit Your Long-Term Goals Using Neuroscience-Based Tools for Focus and Motivation

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Is There a Downward Comparison?

"I always try to imagine in my head this like future self in a year," she says. "And I have two versions. One that, you know, continued this path of not taking care of myself and that person was low on energy." She also talks about how the downward social comparison can be effective when we choose somebody else who maybe isn't doing as well as us. 'It might help in the short run, but not in the long run'

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