i started trying to learn sleight of hand in cards maybe five years ago. i actually videotaped myself doing a particular move, i have about three years of a videotypes showing progression. And it's like, wow, likehow it's incredible, just what effort will do. There are our habits, which we acquire, often not through intention, although sometimes we do. And then there are skills that we sort of set about doing, like driving a stick shiff,. learning magica. It's all the same kind of thing. It's just we call something a habit and something else just an ability or something? Or right?
Ever wonder why you’re still listening to VBW all of these years? Or why you check your phone 50 times a day? Or why you put on your pants the same way every morning? (If you still wear pants these days.) David and Tamler talk about William James’ essay on habits, why they’re so powerful, and how you can make your nervous system your ally instead of your enemy. Plus, a shocking new neuroscience study reveals that we remember and share funny stories more than boring ones.
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