Supritha S
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Supritha S
Making progress is satisfying, and visual measures—like moving paperclips or hairpins or marbles—provide clear evidence of your progress. As a result, they reinforce your behavior and add little bit of immediate satisfaction to any activity.
James Clear • How to Stick With Good Habits Every Day by Using the "Paper Clip Strategy"
A much less sexy approach to getting better at something is a “gentle ramping” sort of approach. You get yourself on a regimen where you do a little of the thing in question—writing, running, meditating, whatever—then a little more, and so on, always pushing the performance level slightly, without ever clobbering yourself with challenge. You... See more
David Cain • Two Ways To Get Better At Something
When you notice stress rising at some random moment, find the story. It can probably be summed up in a sentence.
David Cain • Where There's Stress, There's a Story
If you haven’t stepped out of your comfort zone in a while, it might be time to try.
Experiencing the unfamiliar allows us to practice being agile, because we’re not always able to default to our usual cognitive response patterns in new contexts.
Mindset and
This is one reason why working through the pain of learning new skills for your job, training to become stronger and healthier, and putting in the time required to master your craft is worthwhile. In the beginning, you may feel stupid while learning a new skill or frustrated while sacrificing current pleasure for a future payoff, but when you make... See more
jamesclear.com • The Counterintuitive Approach to Finding Happiness: Do the Painful Things First
Behavior Change and
"To thrive in our lifetimes — and not just survive — we need to transform our relationship with change, leaving behind rigidity and resistance in favor of a new nimbleness, a means of viewing more of what life throws at us as something to participate in, rather than fight. We are always shaping and being shaped by change, often at the very same time."
Leaving something unfinished works best when you’re executing downhill. The nuance, then, is to only use this trick when you’re sure of success.
Commoncog • Exploiting Productivity Momentum
Non-dual thinking:
Sometimes the answer isn't this OR that but this AND that.
Hard work AND rest
Stability AND change
Acceptance AND problem solving
Independence AND interdependence
Ruggedness AND Flexibility
Caring deeply... See more
Brad Stulbergtwitter.comThinking and
Why is it so difficult to do what we say we’re going to do?The lizard brain.