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Apologies to anyone who clicked on the link to my book and it went to my Notion page brainstorming article ideas.. I put the wrong link in but it's been corrected!

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This is a great write-up about some of the most under appreciated human error processes that go on every day.

We are terrible at so many mental feats, including "willpower". Yet, I think there is also a social and educational component to it. How often have we heard that "try hard" , "work harder" , "be tough", or something similar is pronounced to someone - even, or especially to children. Like as if magically they will just do what they are supposed to do and stop doing all the things that are not that good.

I would like to add here, that what you have described here can be used to our advantage - particularly for our health and wellbeing:

E.g. your example with the junk food in the pantry is absolutely on board. Simple transfers into a positive leverage here would be something like putting out all the fruit and vegetables in a bowl in the kitchen rather than hiding it. This immensely increases the chance of us eating them. Similar for the pantry - fill it up with some protein bars, jerky or something else that can be an "alternative" to whatever you are getting rid of.

The same can be done for anything else we want to DO. Trying to use your phone less during lunch break and wanting to relax? Turn your phone off at the start of the day, leave it in the car, and go out for a walk to the park for lunch break.

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It happens. Thanks for all the value ❤️

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