Useful brain hack that everyone should know!!

 

• The most famous tip for getting motivated is to simply visualize your success. But research has found that, If you imagine yourself instantly successful, it will actually sap your motivation to go out and achieve your goals. A better strategy would be to visualize yourself completing the steps it will take to reach your goals. So, if you’re trying to lose weight, instead of visualizing about your perfect body, visualize about eating healthy & doing workout [1].
• Incentivizing things that are already enjoyable and rewarding can decrease your motivation. The Research published in 2018 suggests that, when people are given extrinsic rewards for tasks that they already find intrinsically motivating, then they will become less interested in the task in the future [2].
• The Parkinson’s Law (your work always expands to fill the available time for its completion) works because it creates a false sense of urgency and gives a tangible starting point and ending point to a task. It’s hard for you to get started and stay focused when your mind is not clear about when it will end [3].
• Research has found that, people who slouch experience more bad moods, & poor confidence than those with upright posture. You can try it by yourself right now, staring at the ceiling & start smiling like crazy, it’s hard to feel sad when your body isn’t aligned with your emotions [4].

References

[1] Kappes H, Oettingen G. Positive fantasies about idealized futures sap energy. J Exp Soc Psychol. 2011;47(4):719-729.

[2] Murayama K. American Psychological Association. The science of motivation. 2018.

[3] Gutierrez, G. J., & Kouvelis, P. (1991). Parkinson's law and its implications for project management. Management Science, 37(8), 990-1001.

[4] Welker, Keith M., et al. "Upright and left out: Posture moderates the effects of social exclusion on mood and threats to basic needs." European Journal of Social Psychology 43.5 (2013): 355-361.

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