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How to Beat Procrastination by Making Your Own Motivation

Do you ever procrastinate? Yeah? Oh good. I just wanted to make sure you’re human. Procrastination is the #1 most common issue I work with people on. 6th graders avoiding their math homework? Check. High school seniors putting off writing their college essays? Check. 24 year old’s neglecting their household chores? Check. 48 year old’s skipping workouts? Check. All procrastinating. But don’t get me wrong – I’m in no position… Read More »How to Beat Procrastination by Making Your Own Motivation

The Benefits of Taping Your Mouth Shut at Night

“Wait. You do what?!” “I tape my mouth shut at night.” “Why?!” Great question. I’ll tell you why. Breathing: The Lost Fundamental “We can live without food for weeks and water for days, but air for just a few brief minutes. While we spend a great deal of time and attention on what we eat and drink, we pay practically no attention to the air we breathe.” –Patrick McKeown1 Long-time… Read More »The Benefits of Taping Your Mouth Shut at Night

Warming Up Your Willpower Muscle

In my breakdown of willpower, I discussed “The Great Willpower Debate” – an ongoing disagreement among psychologists about the nature of willpower. Long story short: Some researchers have found that willpower is a finite resource that gets depleted as you use it. If you use willpower for one task, you’ll have less for the next task.1 Meanwhile, other researchers have found that using willpower for one task can actually boost… Read More »Warming Up Your Willpower Muscle

Constraints Help Creativity

“The fact that some choice is good doesn’t necessarily mean that more choice is better.” –Barry Schwartz1 Many people believe that creativity flourishes under absolute freedom. Arguing that constraints limit the possibility of ideas. They bring up the Soviet Union, which placed strict limits on expression, and rightly point out that creativity was impoverished artistically, technologically, and economically. But there is another line of thinking, less popular, that argues in… Read More »Constraints Help Creativity

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