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Can’t Seem to Stick With Your Commitments? Try Making a Pact.-Nir&Far

Nir And Far: Business, Behaviour and the Brain

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Making a Pact to Change Your Life

A pact is a pre commitment to an outcome that acts as a fire wall against distraction. The best pacts are based on concrete behavior, not aspirations. To do what you want, you must set aside the most important part in accomplishing your goals. Follow this format of a good protest slogan to make a good pact: What do you want? Name a specific action. When do you want it? Give yourself a specific time frame. After getting clear in what specific action you will take, you must make sure you put that time into your schedule. It's important to note that packs aren't for every goal, and must be done after implementing the first three steps to becoming indistractable

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