The Science of Motivation: Insights on Goal Setting and Willpower with Ayelet Fishbach
The One You Feed
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4.6 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2024
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Feeling overwhelmed by holiday stress or the pressure to make everything perfect? Or maybe it’s the loneliness this season can bring. Either way, you’re not alone—and this year can be different. Join us for a free online webinar on Sunday, December 10, at 12 PM Eastern to learn a simple habit that can help you let go of stress and find peace, steadiness, and genuine connection. Give yourself this gift of support and clarity for the season. Sign up here.
In this episode, Ayelet Fishbach dives into the science of motivation and shares valuable insights on goal-setting and willpower. As a social psychologist and motivation scientist, her work involves understanding the intricacies of human behavior and environmental influence. Dr. Fishbach also shares a fresh perspective on intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and explains the importance of learning to nurture empathy toward our future selves.
Key Takeaways:
- Master effective behavior change strategies to reach your full potential
- Bust motivational myths and unlock your true drive
- Craft powerful personal goals that propel you forward
- Embrace the importance of intrinsic motivation for lasting success
- Skillfully handle goal competition to stay on your path to achievement
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| 0:00.0 | Are you feeling stressed about the holidays? The pressure to make everything perfect, the tricky |
| 0:05.4 | family gatherings, trying to keep everybody happy? And for some of you, it's the opposite. It's the |
| 0:11.1 | feeling of being alone. Either way, it's a lot. So if you're feeling overwhelmed, know that many |
| 0:17.2 | others feel the same way. But this year can be different. Join me in the one you feed |
| 0:22.1 | community for a free online event on December 10th at 12 p.m. Eastern. You'll learn a simple wise |
| 0:28.8 | habit that can help you let go of holiday stress and find more peace, steadiness, and real connection. |
| 0:35.9 | Picture yourself getting through this season feeling grounded, |
| 0:39.2 | present, and clear without all the pressure to be perfect. Give yourself this free gift of support, |
| 0:46.2 | learning, and genuine connection with others who get it. Sign up now at one you feed.net |
| 0:52.1 | slash holiday. If you're unable to attend live, we'll be sending the video |
| 0:56.0 | to people who have registered. So go to one you feed.net slash holiday and change the way you |
| 1:02.4 | experience the holidays. Set your goals, whether it's what you eat or the job that you are going to |
| 1:09.8 | have when you are in a similar situation to the |
| 1:12.4 | situation that you will be at when you pursue that goal. |
| 1:23.3 | Welcome to the one you feed. |
| 1:25.6 | Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have. |
| 1:30.1 | Quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true. |
| 1:35.7 | And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. |
| 1:39.9 | We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear. |
| 1:44.5 | We see what we don't have instead of what we do. |
| 1:47.6 | We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit. |
| 1:51.0 | But it's not just about thinking. |
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