Early in her career, psychologist Wendy Wood noticed a trend: many of her colleagues struggled to get things done. Intelligence, talent, and motivation didn’t seem to suffice. She set out to discover why.
Failing to close the gap between intention and action is frustrating at best. For sanitation and health behaviors, it can be fatal.
Starting a new habit is very different from breaking an existing one. If you want to give something up, try this advice.
Is the hype around microdosing psychedelics justified? We don’t yet know. So far, citizen science has outpaced rigorous research.
We pay dearly for our misbeliefs—with health, well-being, and opportunity.
When we tell ourselves we can’t do something, it might just be that we are seeing something as more challenging than it really is.