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Category: Self-Reflection

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  • Monday Motivation

    Remember, you are enough, always. For an insightful reminder to avoid social comparison and know that you are good enough just the way you are, listen to Peloton’s Fitness Flipped podcast episode, “Comparison.” Tunde interviews Princeton University Psychologist Susan Fiske about how we can change our target of comparison to ourselves instead of other people. Peloton instructor…

  • Monday Motivation

    Focus on the environment of the habit. A cue initiates every habit. We are more likely to notice cues that quickly stand-out in our environment. Small changes in our environment can promote large changes in our behavior over time. How will you make the cues of good habits obvious in your environment? Bit by bit, our habits…

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  • Motivation Monday

    Make your Cue attractive… As an opportunity or experience becomes more attractive, the more likely we can build a habit. Habits are a dopamine-driven feedback loop, which means when our dopamine activity increases, our motivation to perform the behavior will also rise. Oftentimes, the anticipation of a reward (not  the reward itself) coerces us to take action. The higher the anticipation, the higher the…