New Year,New You.Old Brain.

JAN. 1

JAN. 24

1 UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS False Hope Syndrome

2 ARBITRARY TIMING Why January 1?

3 EXTERNAL PRESSURE Everybody’s doing it!

4 MULTIPLE GOALS Priorities are like arms.

5 PROCRASTINATION The Procrastination Equation Hyperbolic Discounting

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MOTIVATION =

Piers Steel

5 PROCRASTINATION The Procrastination Equation Hyperbolic Discounting

WHY GOALS FAIL1 UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS2 ARBITRARY TIMING3 EXTERNAL PRESSURE4 MULTIPLE GOALS5 PROCRASTINATION

SETTING BETTER GOALS

SETTING BETTER GOALS?WHY BOTHER

“Would you tell me, please, where I ought to go from here?”

“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.

“I don’t much care where-” said Alice. “Then it doesn’t matter which way

you go,” said the Cat. “- so long as I get SOMEWHERE,”

Alice added as an explanation. “Oh you’re sure to do that,” said the

Cat, “if only you walk long enough.”

SETTING BETTER GOALS

1 REALISTIC GOALS Level up

Day 1: 10 seconds

Then everyday, a little bit more

Until Day 30:

FIVE MINUTES

2 SPREAD GOALS OUT Fresh Start Effect

3 INTERNAL ALIGNMENT New habits are friends with old habits

4 SINGULAR FOCUS Like singletasking

5 MOTIVATION The Procrastination Equation Focus on small immediate next steps

SETTING BETTER GOALS1 REALISTIC GOALS2 SPREAD GOALS OUT3 INTERNAL ALIGNMENT4 SINGULAR FOCUS5 FINDING MOTIVATION

SETTING BETTER GOALSA quick exercise: Write down your goal.

50% of goals are more likely to succeed when written down.

WRITING DOWN GOALS Clarify what you want Motivation to do something about itKeep you on trackSee (and celebrate!) progress

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahg6qcgoay4

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Charles Duhigg

THE HABIT LOOP

APPLICATION FOR TEAMS1 SETTING GOALS2 FOCUS/FILTERING3 HABITS4 WILLPOWER

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