The Avoidance Contract

In a famed test known as the marshmallow experiment, children are tested on their ability to delay gratification. Delaying gratification means that you choose not to take advantage of something that is somewhat good now in favor of something even better down the line. In the case of the marshmallow experiment, children are presented with…

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Motivational Buttons

Why is it that when one thing goes wrong, everything seems to fall apart. For example, the hottest day of the summer is the day that you just so happened to forget to bring some water to the courts, you didn’t get a good night’s rest, you didn’t have clean clothes to practice in, and…

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