It's part two of our "Smart Faster Better" book talk by Charles Duhig in relation to the Prep Life! Listen in as @glamgirlbikini coaches @chrisnicole_ifbbpro and @amyehinger dive into takeaways 13-24:

13. Cognitive tunneling occurs when you are focused on the immediate task at hand or something directly in front of you & miss the big picture!

 

14. Reactive thinking is responsible for how we build habits (mostly bad).

 

15. Reactive thinking is how we build habits, and it’s why to-do lists & calendar alerts are so helpful: Rather than needing to decide what to do next, we can take advantage of our reactive instincts & automatically proceed. Reactive thinking, in a sense, outsources the choices & control that creates motivation.

 

16. Take time everyday to visualize the day ahead & what you plan to get done.

 

17. Set stretch & SMART goals, and while forecasting is never certain, it’s not an exact science & is often imprecise.

 

18. In making these forecasts you need to acknowledge what you don’t know everything & start being comfortable with uncertainty.

 

19. Living in a fast paced world, where everything seems to be accelerated, the need to innovate has become more significant than ever!

 

20. Innovation becomes more likely when old ideas are mixed in new ways!

 

21. Many of our most important decisions are, in fact, attempts to forecast the future.

 

22. Good decision-making is contingent on the basic ability to envision what happens next.

 

23. Accurate forecasting of the future requires exposing ourselves to as many successes & disappointments as possible!

 

24. How do we learn to make better decisions? In part, by training ourselves to think probabilistically!

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