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January 6 - January 7, 2021
no dopamine, no effort.
a significant amount of the weight these girls gained came from bingeing—intense bursts of no self-control.
Even if they were disciplined most of the time, they were undermined by binges. Could they benefit from small well-timed meals that would negate the urge to binge?
overweight children are more likely to be hit by cars when they’re crossing the street. It’s not because they walk more slowly; it’s because they’re impulsive.
As soon as I began to plan and act, the panic receded,
It's a good thing to remember. He was panicking, fearing for his life until he planned and acted
the problem couldn’t be solved.
Kobyoshi Maru
when a person is provided information on how their body and brain are functioning.
to take control of things that are usually unconscious.
measures tiny amounts...
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After a while, they built up a collection of imagined scenes that effectively boosted motivation activity. These strategies continued to work even when the thermometer was removed.
encouraging their patients to talk about their healthy desires.
“We don’t believe what we hear, we believe what we say.”
if you ask someone to give you a lecture on the importance of honesty, they will be less likely to cheat
pro-change statement,
“tell me more about that.”
Salience refers to the degree to which things are important, prominent, or conspicuous.
latent is used to describe things that are hidden,
one of the cardinal rules of creative writing is to turn off your inner censor when creating the first draft.
Many people have had the experience of waking from a dream, feeling as if they were caught between two worlds.
some people report that they experience their most creative thoughts in this crack between the two worlds.
Think about the problem before you go to bed. If possible, put it in the form of a visual image.
Hold the image in your mind, so it’s the last thing you think of before you fall asleep. Make sure you have a pen and paper next to your bed. As soon as you wake up from a dream, write it down, whether or not you think it’s related
It’s important to write down the dream immediately because the memory will evaporate in seconds
Isaac Newton, who discovered calculus
salient.
Salient means info that stands out
electrodes to a person’s body, and measure how easily electricity flows. Sweat is salt water, which conducts electricity better than dry skin. The more aroused a person is, the easier the electricity flows.
make a deliberate choice about how to maximize what we believe is good—whether it’s love, money, or the ennobling of the soul.
The ennobling of the soul. To spend portions of it doing difficult things but that will make us proud in our solitary moments.
