Feb 28
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"With enough tinkering, you can design for almost any behavior you want, and short-circuit most behaviors you don’t."
BJ Fogg, Stanford Behavior Scientist
"As with anything really important in life, you’ll get better results by going about it systematically rather than applying slapdash solutions in an uncontrolled manner."
John Fawkes, Health and Wellness Writer
"The real question you should be asking yourself is which [diet] do you most want to follow. I can’t stress that enough... Choose a diet you can stick to."
Tony Stubblebine, CEO at Medium
"[Fitness culture] can make us believe that reaching and maintaining a healthy weight is only available to the dedicated ones who consistently lift weights and are making enough time for daily runs."
Kaki Okumura, Health and Wellness Writer, Illustrator
"Self-awareness will become something you instinctively look for, rather than something you have to force. When you find it, everything else starts falling into place."
Marta Brzosko, Writer, Facilitator
"Most people assume emotional intelligence is either something you’re born with or something you discover suddenly after reading a great book or listening to some wise advice. But in reality, it’s neither…"
Nick Wignall, Psychologist and Blogger
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"When our species first evolved, picking the ripest fruit on the bush or selecting the right animal from the herd served us well. Today however, the same shortcut that helped us survive can get us into trouble."
Nir Eyal, Author and Lecturer
"How could you possibly overcome a lifetime’s collection of potentially flawed or biased training data?... You don’t need to completely replace a whole lifetime of experiences. Most of what you’ve accumulated is probably still very useful."
Erica Sampson, Director of Engineering
"If you're persistently anxious, angry, or self-loathing, your brain will eventually take that shape. At the same time, however, you can shape your brain in a much more positive direction."
Brian Pennie, Neuroscientist
"You might think that silence is something passive that’s not useful in communication and relationships, and yet it’s the very foundation for a place of calm and clarity from where we can hear what others have to say."
Cater Tinsley, Mindfulness Coach, Writer
"While it’s essential to be clear when you set your boundaries, and consistent in your enforcement of them, it’s really helpful if you reward people for respecting them."
Nick Wignall, Psychologist and Blogger
"My parents were neglectful and lacked the essential skills needed to nurture a child, so I had to rewrite my own approach."
Meghan Madness, Writer
"By budgeting with your lowest anticipated income, you ensure that you can cover your essential living expenses even if your paycheck is on the smaller side."
Kay T., Writer
" I redefined my ideas of retirement, and what financial freedom could mean to me."
Sam Dixon, Writer
"Using chess as a testing ground, I condensed these ultralearning teachings into four overarching ideas. You can apply these principles to supercharge your level of anything."
Taggart Bonham, Venture Investor
"Every second that passes by, the knowledge in your head becomes a little bit outdated, and, therefore a little less valuable. Just like a new car you buy becomes less valuable the second you drive it off the lot."
Michael Simmons, Entrepreneur, Author, Writer
"Our tools are using us to earn big bucks for powerful elites — are we receiving a fair value exchange?"
Jared A. Brock, Author, Documentarian, Podcaster
"Don’t go anywhere just to “put something away.” Instead, develop the habit of grabbing stray objects whenever you are journeying around your house for more direct purposes."
Raina Nichole, Writer
"A survey conducted by Indeed has found that, contrary to public belief that most career changers are in their 20s, the average age of people changing careers is 39. I want to show that it’s never too late to make the jump."
Natasha Serafimovska, Writer
"When we are obsessed with travel, we are intently focused on changing and revising our external venue while neglecting the one constant we all travel with: our minds."
Lawrence Yeo, Writer, Illustrator, Founder of More To That
