Self-Control Can Invite More Burden
Principle: People with high self-control are relied on more, asked to do a greater share of work, viewed as liking hard word and hard work being easy for them, and…
Research Bites are 1-page summaries of positive psychology research. Many were papers assigned as reading in my Harvard Extension Psychology Masters program. Others I’ve found in my endless rabbit holes of searching for evidence-based skills.
Principle: People with high self-control are relied on more, asked to do a greater share of work, viewed as liking hard word and hard work being easy for them, and…
Principle: Implementation Intentions are simple plans that make it more likely you’ll follow through with a goal. Quote “Given its easy application and its reliably strong effects on alleviating critical…
Principle: Prompting people to make plans for things they already want to do improves their follow-through. Quote “Prompting people to make concrete and specific plans makes people more likely to…