Why People Actually Change: The surprising science of motivation—and how it applies to our relationship with Earth
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The episode discusses how our mental narratives affect our actions towards global challenges and the complexities of changing behavior.
In Part One of this series, we explored something deceptively simple but profoundly important: much of our suffering—and much of our paralysis in the face of global challenges—comes not from the events themselves but from the interpretations we attach to them. If the story running in our minds says the future is doomed (or some similar disempowering story), the most likely result is despair. If the story says nothing we do matters, the most likely result is inaction. These stories we carry around as though they are true quietly shape and limit the possibilities we see. But changing the story in our minds is only the first step. The next question is just as important—and perhaps even more challenging: How do we actually change our behavior? Thanks for reading Unleashed - W. Bradford Swift! This post is public so feel free to share it. If we’re honest, most of us already know what we “should” be doing in many areas of life. We know we should eat better, move our bodies more often, spend less time staring at screens, and perhaps spend more time caring for the natural world that sustains us. Yet knowing what we should do and actually doing it are often two very different things…
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