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Psychology
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

3 Mindsets That May Be Keeping You From Reaching Your Potential

Success requires persistent work, sound planning, experimentation, repetition, and resisting instant gratification by strengthening self-efficacy and self-control.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

We all want big personal change at the push of a button but here is how to actually achieve it

If you put pressure on the process, it will collapse. This is not only true of potty training. Sex, relationships, learning, play, recovery these are processes that need to unfold in their own way and time, because under pressure they will warp, buckle and collapse. Understanding this is key to building a better life but it is much easier to know this cognitively than it is to actually live it. We might say, No pressure, but saying something does not make it so.
Parenting
Mental health
fromBig Think
2 weeks ago

How to wait well, according to neuroscience and psychology

Patience functions as a practical virtue that improves emotional regulation, persistence toward goals, and satisfaction, countering instant-gratification culture driven by technology.
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Sophie White: The first of September is the start of a month of deluded optimism with big 'gonna get my life together' energy

The things that you think will fix you are just distractions, because real change is much harder than an Amazon 'buy now' button. Schools are back and with them will return (I hope) some semblance of sanity and normality. Along with the semblance of sanity and normality, there's also the customary 'school's back' heatwave that we can look forward to.
Digital life
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