Great little podcast (transcript) from Scientific American about a book I mentioned briefly a few weeks ago: Predictably Irrational.
Basic premise: “If people think up front that something might be distasteful, Ariely argues, the odds are high that they’ll experience it negatively, no matter how intrinsically good it is.”
I know this has been so true for [...]
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Need I say more? I think I need to put these up on my progress page as before/after. Might not be able to see much weight-loss wise yet, but certainly attitude wise.
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This is me, when I was in my teens. (Yes, 80’s hair and upturned collar alert, I know.)
I call this my “F you” picture. I was full of attitude as a teen, can you tell?
I was going to post a light-hearted post about tapping into some of that attitude to kick some butt on these [...]
Tags: 80s, attitude, self-esteem, Stuart Smalley, teenager
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