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The Happy Rat / the Brains Big Lie - excerpt from "The Willpower Instinct"

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Excerpt from the audiobook "The Willpower Instinct"

- How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do To Get More Of It
by Kelly McGonigal Ph.D. Walter Dixon
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This part 5 of the book reminds you about the "happy rat", in specific the experiment that behavioural scientists falsely identified pleasure, desire and addiction center of the brain for the pleasure and happiness area. 

Remember these findings regularly

  • to differentiate between want and happiness
  • to create space before your reaction "why you want this"
  • to use your desire for truly important and meaningful in your life
  • to realise some causes of depressions and apathy

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