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You Only Live Once... So Commit

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

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The Power of the Psychological Immune System

Dan has come up with a new word to rebrand the process of rationalizing./nIt is now called our psychological immune system./nThe psychological immune system allows us to feel good even after we have made a bad decision or experienced disappointing outcomes./nThe act of making a decision is what turns on our psychological immune system, and it is easier to rationalize things you are stuck with than things you can change.

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