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Trello
The Secret To Limitless Motivation Lies In Self-Validation
Trello
5 min read · From 2017 · Unlocking productive motivation has a lot to do with where and how you seek validation. Keep reading for ways to assess and boos your self-validation techniques.
Psychology Today
The Secret to a Life of Purpose
Psychology Today
3 min read · 2020-09-03 · Create daily practices that turn chaos into calmness.
Podcast Review
9 Self-Help Podcasts That Will Actually Improve Your Life
Podcast Review
5 min read · Apr 29th · From How to Fail to NPR's Life Kit, here are nine self-help podcasts that will inspire you to rethink how you currently live.
The New York Times
Why You Procrastinate (It Has Nothing to do With Self-Control)
The New York Times
8 min read · From 2019 · Procrastination is a self-reinforcing cycle. The more you stall important work, the more you’ll continue to do so. Yet procrastination doesn’t result from a dearth of motivation or productivity; it manifests from a failure to regulate negative emotions. If you are mired in a chronic procrastination cycle, journalist Charlotte Lieberman helps you dig your way out. She interviewed an array of psychologists, authors and professors to figure out how best to end the self-destructive cycle. Lieberman provides a range of tips to guide procrastinators into a more positive frame of mind.
medium.com
The Purpose Of Life Is Not Happiness: It’s Usefulness
medium.com
7 min read · From 2018 · For the longest time, I believed that there’s only purpose of life: And that is to be happy.
Darius Foroux
On The Cyclical Nature Of Life
Darius Foroux
4 min read · 2020-02-13 · Instead of accepting that life is cyclical, and that bad times are normal, we expect that we should always be on an upward cycle. That causes frustration.
Aeon+Psyche
The biological research putting purpose back into life
Aeon+Psyche
~17 min read · 2020-11-13 · Biologists balk at any talk of ‘goals’ or ‘intentions’ – but a bold new research agenda has put agency back on the table
Mark Manson
7 Strange Questions That Help You Find Your Life Purpose
Mark Manson
20+ min read · From 2016 · No clue what you want to do with your life? Here are some crazy and thought-provoking questions to help you out.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Why motivation to learn declines with age
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
4 min read · 2020-10-27 · As people age, they often lose their motivation to learn new things or engage in everyday activities. In a study of mice, MIT neuroscientists have now identified a brain circuit that is critical for…
