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Consistency Over Intensity
Summary:
CNN's John Sutter talks about the concept of habit stacking. He says meditation can be tied to a well-established, daily routine. One woman who wanted to meditate couldn't find time for 20 minutes every day. She was frustrated with herself and decided to give it up completely.
Transcript:
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There is one somebody i was working with who wanted to implement meditation, and for some reason he, or it was she, she couldn't find 20 minutes to do itike, she i just can't do 20, 20 minutes. And she's like, let me try ten minutes. And she couldn't do ten minutes. Now this woman was very startn to get frustrated with herself, because she was breaking promises to herself. And she was in give it up completely. Moka, i guess i can't meditate. And then we started talking about this concept of habit stacking, where maybe you could tie meditation to a habit that's already well established. And as she combed over her routine in the morning, she said, you knowha, i'm wan to do, i'm going to meditate while i brush my teeth.
#137 Justin Su'a — Peak Mental Performance
The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
Simulacrum Levels are a framework for analyzing different motivations people can have for making statements. Simulacrum Level 1: Attempt to describe the world accurately. Simulacrum Level 2: Choose what to say based on what your statement will cause other people to do or believe. Simulacrum Level 3: Say things that signal membership to your ingroup. Simulacrum Level 4: Choose which group to signal membership to based on what the benefit would be for you.
Simulacrum Levels - LessWrong
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