psychology

Study after study shows that individuals who are motivated correct more naturally—and more correctly, so to speak—than those who are not.

more likely than not, you will fall prey to that nasty confirmation bias that we’ve seen in play in previous chapters.

Highs also generate addiction. The more you rely on them to feel better about your underlying problems, the more you will seek them out.

Creative individuals frame their experiences. Such people are highly ambitious, and they do not always succeed, by any means. But when they fail, they do not waste much time lamenting; blaming; or, at the extreme, quitting. Instead, regarding the failure as a learning experience, they try to build upon its lessons in their future endeavors.

explains why so many young men have lost themselves in video games, and are no longer in employment or relationships. The false signals they’re getting from video game progress, combined with the sexual reward of online porn, are convincing their dopamine pathways that they’re winning in life, even as their minds and futures atrophy.

It’s easy to

if we hear about something while eating delicious food, we tend to associate the matter in question with the positive feelings elicited by the food.

Unfortunately, the band he was kicked out of was Metallica, which has sold over 180 million albums worldwide. Metallica is considered by many to be one of the greatest rock bands of all time. And because of this, in a rare intimate interview in 2003, a tearful Mustaine admitted that he couldn’t help but still consider himself a failure. Despite all

Exceptional work is always associated with periods of deep concentration.

When we see the opposing side show nerves emboldens us in strength. We feed on fear.