The Challenge of Accepting Hard Truths
“Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.”
13
213 reads
CURATED FROM
IDEAS CURATED BY
I believe that the vastness of the internet holds content that can aid each of you on your path to self-improvement. My hope is to curate and deliver this content to you, supporting your journey towards becoming a better version of yourself!
A show that i think many loved and that is is filled with amazing quotes!
“
Similar ideas to The Challenge of Accepting Hard Truths
1. The truths of change
We face three problems in introducing change into our lives:
- We can't admit that we need change: we create elavorate excuses that deny our need for change.
- We do not appreciate inertia's power over us: given the choice, we prefer to do nothing.It takes extraordinary effort to s...
Hard task needs restart costs
In practice, returning to a hard task in this way comes with a ‘restart’ cost: we must spend time and mental effort getting back into our task set, rather than making progress. For this reason, it is important to create time and space for hard tasks.
Make the Hard Thing Easier
Don’t just think about how you’re going to accomplish your goals; think about how you’re going to design for them.
Rather than relying completely on self-control, intentionally design your environment to make the hard thing easier.
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates