352 [Part 1]: Breaking the Cycle: how to focus on longer term goals over immediate gratification

Women's Wellness ON AIR WITH ELLA

Ella Lucas-Averett

Education, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Self-improvement, Alternative Health

5 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

[PART 1] Ever found yourself putting off important tasks because you believe "future you" will handle it better? We discuss how our brains prioritize immediate gratification over long-term goals, and share practical tips to overcome this tendency.

💡 Learn how to make the right choices for your long-term goals by understanding the battle between your emotional brain and logical brain. Discover 4 key strategies to hack your brain and align your decision-making with your goals and aspirations for your best life.

[00:02:10] The '12-week year' thesis

[00:04:28] Future Self myth

[00:08:22] Immediate gratification vs long-term thinking

[00:13:32] Emotional vs. logical brain

[00:15:33] Accountability coaching offer

[00:21:26] Creating immediate rewards for better choices

[00:24:14] Motivation and reward strategies

[00:28:49] 'Future you,' the mythical superhero

Show notes: https://www.onairella.com/post/352-create-your-best-life

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0:00.0	Welcome. You're on air with Ella where we share simple strategies and tips for living a little better every day.
0:08.9	If you're interested in mindset and wellness or healthy habits and relationships, or hormone health, aging well and eating well, honestly, if you're into just living better and with more energy, then you're in the right place.
0:22.3	Welcome to real, honest, no-fluff conversations about creating a better you.
0:27.7	We're not here for perfect.
0:29.1	We're here for a little better every day.
0:31.9	Let's go.
0:35.0	Hello, you.
0:36.1	It's Ella.
0:36.9	Today is a solo show. I want to talk to you about something. Before I do that,
0:41.7	I just have to check in. How's the summer going for you? If you're in the other side of the world,
0:46.9	how's your winter going? How are things going for you? My summer over here, where I am,
0:52.2	is going pretty well. It's hotter than the sixth ring of Dante's Inferno, but you will never hear me complain about that because I am solar powered after all. I do have a bone to pick with the universe. I went into Costco. It's mid-July in real time as I'm recording this. I went into Costco and they had Halloween
1:11.7	decorations up. Yeah, so I obviously called the police. This is a crime and I won't stand for it.
1:17.2	But you know what I will stand for? I will stand for voice messages from my besties being my
1:24.2	favorite podcasts. Are you swapping voice messages with your besties? Because they are my
1:29.7	favorite podcasts of all time. And recently, Tilly, Tilly Harris, she's been on the show, maybe,
1:35.6	I don't know, somewhere between four and 40 times. Tilly left me a message about a book that
1:40.3	she was reading. I don't think she'll mind me sharing this. And it's a business book. It's called, I think, the 12-week year. It's by Brian Moran. I do know that. And of course,
1:49.1	you know that I'll link to it if after hearing this, that book becomes of interest to you.
1:53.8	But here's the point. She sent me a message about this book. She's like, I'm reading this book. And his main thesis, Moran's main thesis in this
2:02.7	12-week yearbook is a game changer. And this is a book report by proxy. But she said that what
2:10.6	his thesis is is that it's important for businesses to discard annualized thinking, meaning
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