Tag: goodintentions
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Why your good intentions are doomed to fail
Your brain values long-term benefits when they are in the future (tomorrow), but it values immediate gratification when it comes to the present moment (today). The problem is that ‘today’ and ‘the future’ are handled by different parts of your brain, which often don’t collaborate well with each other. So you bounce from one to the other…
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Do Your Good Intentions Crumble?
“Each year I commit to getting healthier, but after a few weeks I make excuses about why I can’t go to the gym today or I give in to comfort food again. I just don’t understand why I’m so weak. I can be decisive – at work, for example – but not with this.” I hear…