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Interesting Study on Will Power and Motivation

pchari1
pchari1 Posts: 6
in Motivation and Support
Hello all,

Came across this video and thought it could be helpful to others. It a discussion given at Google about what helps and undermines will power.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5BXuZL1HAg

Thanks,
Paul

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  • jaggerjia
    jaggerjia Posts: 51
    interested in watching this, thanks!
  • pchari1
    pchari1 Posts: 6
    No problem, hope you find it helps =)
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,961 Member
    Lol when she was like "Think of a recent will power failure" and mentioned "not choosing the healthy thing, not exercising this morning, following that link when you should be working"... I was like... I did all of those within the last 2 days... and am doing it now!
  • PicoBoulevard
    PicoBoulevard Posts: 24 Member
    Thank you so much. Great informational video.
  • Forever4me
    Forever4me Posts: 76 Member
    Bump for later. From the sounds of it, I need this.
  • lmkpete
    lmkpete Posts: 12 Member
    very interesting, I'm going to try some of the points she made. thanks for sharing
  • kangaroux92
    kangaroux92 Posts: 188 Member
    watched the whole thing wonderful very interesting. i am going to try some of these techniques.
  • cutenikki07
    cutenikki07 Posts: 120 Member
    Saved for later cause this is "work time" LOL but thank you for sharing!
  • bejuled74
    bejuled74 Posts: 191 Member
    Great info! Thanks for sharing. :)
  • Bruceapple
    Bruceapple Posts: 2,027 Member
    bump
  • kendalslimmer
    kendalslimmer Posts: 579 Member
    I started watching and never expected to see more than the first five minutes... But I found it so interesting I ended up watching it all! :smile: Thanks for sharing!
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    motivation is a placebo.
  • wmcmurray61
    wmcmurray61 Posts: 192 Member
    bump
  • runningforthetrain
    runningforthetrain Posts: 1,037 Member
    I really enjoyed this. I am hoping to use this information to accomplish my goals. Thank you so much for posting it.
  • independant2406
    independant2406 Posts: 447 Member
    I really enjoyed watching this. So much so that I watched it again today. Thank you for sharing!
  • 1pjah7
    1pjah7 Posts: 24 Member
    Glad I took the time to watch all of this. I think it is going to help a lot. Thank you for posting this!
  • Titanuim
    Titanuim Posts: 331 Member
    That was a fascinating talk. Thanks for sharing.

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