How to Motivate Yourself to Exercise More

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Zevi Matsuut: If I don't exercise in this situation today, then I'm not going to exercise in all similar, or not all similar days when I feel about the same way. And so do I want to live a life where I never exercise on days like this? And then will I meet my like targets for like how much I'm going to exercise given that? That might motivate you to them be like, no, I want to exercise more. It's kind of using this outside of you as a kind of way of motivating yourself into doing the right thing.

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Rob Wiblin is the Head of Research at 80,000 Hours where he investigates how people can do more good in the course of their career and produces a long-form interview show called the 80,000 Hours Podcast. He studied genetics and economics in Australia before moving to the UK to help develop the emerging field of effective altruism. You can learn more about Rob at robwiblin.com, learn more about his research work at 80000hours.org, and follow him on social media at @robertwiblin.

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