2% With Michael Easter Motivate yourself to do anything + Fix shift work harms: AMA (podcast)
Jan 24, 2025
Dive into the minds of experts as they unravel the mystery of motivation for exercise. Discover effective strategies tailored for shift workers facing unique health challenges. Learn how to balance immediate rewards against long-term goals in your decision-making process. This conversation provides actionable advice for anyone aiming to enhance their well-being, making it easier to stay on track with health and fitness objectives, no matter the schedule.
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Motivation Is Contextual Value Shifting
- Motivation depends on what behaviors are available in a context and which outcomes become more valuable.
- A motivator raises the outcome's value, not the behavior's intrinsic value.
Environment Shapes Available Actions
- Behavior availability and discriminative stimuli determine what you can do in a situation.
- The environment can eliminate options and make one behavior the default choice.
Use Clear Cues To Trigger Action
- Use discriminative cues to narrow behavior choices, like specific signals for a workout.
- Train a stimulus (sound, place, object) to reliably trigger only the desired action.
