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How To Stay Motivated, According To Science

Let's face it, a kitten dangling from a wire isn't the greatest motivator, no matter how adorable it looks. You know what actually is motivating? Stone cold science.

And while science may not be as adorable as that kitten, at least it works.

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Do your best to avoid social media. f You get a dopamine rush every time you absorb exciting information (you know, the kind of stuff social media exi

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Staying motivated can be as simple as changing the way you describe yourself relative to your goals. For instance, instead of saying, I can't eat jun

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SMILE! NO-ONE REALLY KNOWS WHY, BUT YOU CAN TRICK' YOUR BRAIN INTO FEELING HAPPIER BY SMILING. SMILING CAUSES A DECREASE IN STRESS ENHANCING HORMONES

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Lack self control? Buddy up with people strong in willpower. A study shows that surrounding yourself with people who are highly disciplined will boost

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Giving yourself a choice on how you will address a problem helps motivate you to overcome it. WILL I START WITH THIS CHORE OR THE HOW MUICH TIME OTHER

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MAKE REALISTIC BUT CHALLENGING GOALS FOR YOURSELF. My Goals 1. 2. 3. Having a goal helps people focus their efforts. in a specific direction, and stud

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2311 Instead of daydreaming about the reivard (an ideal body), fantasize about the DrOGESS (exercise). This conditions your mind into accepting the st

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Think about how you completing your goal will benefit other people A quantitative analysis of teenage hackers found that a majority of them were motiv

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CRACKED COM Want to go beyond your limit? Find ways to track your progress. 2264 The constant reminder that you're making progress will make you work

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It may seem surprising, but a glimpse of the color green boosts motivation. Research has shown that when exercising, subjects exposed to the the color

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I CAN DO BETTER!D Keep telling yourself that. It improues your peformance. BUT DON'T ADD AN IF TO IT. That reduces the effect. CRACKEDCON

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