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How to get unstuck, with Adam Alter, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

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The Role of Stuckness in Motivation

How common is it to feel stuck? I know you've done some surveys to study this. Does getting stuck happen to everyone at least occasionally? Yes, absolutely. You talk in the book about how people are more likely to get stuck in the middle of a project rather than at the beginning or at the end. There tends to be this quite predictable lull in motivation during the middle part of long protracted goals.

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