Effort Alone Isn't Enough by David Cain of Raptitude on Intentional Living

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Episode 3714:

David Cain explains why effort and willpower alone rarely carry a new habit past the first bad day. He argues that the real difference maker is self-image, and that people who succeed reach a point where they feel like the kind of person who does the thing before adversity arrives. He offers a simple visualization practice for cultivating that identity first, which makes the behavior feel downhill instead of uphill.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.raptitude.com/2014/06/effort-alone-isnt-enough/

Quotes to ponder:

"This sense is the thing that makes the real difference in any personal change. It makes the effort happen or not happen."

"If you always self-identify as someone who isn't cut out for exercise, every workout will feel like self-spite, and it is."

"This new identity, if you could somehow access it beforehand, would have made the running a hell of a lot easier."

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