"When your mind is preoccupied, your impulses—not your……" — Kelly McGonigal
"When your mind is preoccupied, your impulses—not your long-term goals—will guide your choices."
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13 Quotes by Kelly McGonigal
Kelly McGonigal has 13 quotes on this site.
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We all have the tendency to believe self-doubt and self-criticism, but listening to this voice never gets us closer to…
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Go after what it is that creates meaning in your life and then trust yourself to handle the stress that…
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The biggest enemies of willpower: temptation, self-criticism, and stress. (...) these three skills —self-awareness, self-care, and remembering what matter most—…
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The is a secret for greater self-control, the science points to one thing: the power of paying attention.
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The development of willpower -I will, I won't and I want- may define what it means to be human.
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When you choose to connect with others under stress, you can create resilience,
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When you choose to view your stress response as helpful, you create the biology of courage.
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According to the American Psychological Association, the most effective stress-relief strategies are exercising or playing sports, praying or attending a…
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Chasing meaning is better for your health than trying to avoid discomfort.
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Self-compassion-being supportive and kind to yourself, especially in the face of stress and failure-is associated with more motivation and better…
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People come up with resolutions that don’t reflect what matters most to them, and that makes them almost guaranteed to…
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My favorite definition of the mindful path is the one the reveals itself as you walk down it. You cannot…
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Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for…
— Aristotle
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Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason…
— Aristotle
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Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives.
— Richard Bach
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I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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For whatever reason, maybe it's because of my story, but people associate Livestrong with exercise and physical fitness, health and…
— Lance Armstrong
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I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I…
— Darren Aronofsky
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Yeah, I know, some people are against drunk driving, and I call those people 'the cops.' But you know, sometimes,…
— Dave Attell
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If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security,…
— Margaret Atwood
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Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the…
— Kevyn Aucoin
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Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
— Marcus Aurelius
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I'm an independent. I'm a centrist. A new generation is arriving that has grown up with a multiplicity of choice…
— John Avlon
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