Decision-Making
How Writing Things Down Can Radically Improve Your Decision-Making
Cognitive Offloading and the Expansion of Processing Power The human brain is a limited processor, and decisi…
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Decision-Making
Resources for understanding how different personalities choose, plan, and adapt.
Decision-Making
The 4th Step to Making Better Choices: Putting Pen to Paper
Contextualizing the Fourth Step In any systematic process of improvement, the first steps are typically aware…
Decision-Making
Why You Should Start Journaling Your Decisions Immediately
The Decision Journal as a Cognitive Prosthetic Every decision you make is an experiment, and every experiment…
Decision-Making
How to Master Your Inner Dog for a Better Life
The Master-Servant Relationship The inner dog is not an enemy to be destroyed; it is a servant to be mastered…
Decision-Making
The Long-Term Benefits of Disciplined Emotional Training and Control
From Reactivity to Responsivity Emotional training is the systematic practice of inserting cognitive processi…
Decision-Making
How to Tell Your Inner Dog "No" Without Feeling Deprived
The Linguistic Framing of Denial The word "no" is a high-stakes linguistic event in the brain. When directed…
Decision-Making
Step: The Transformative Power of Writing Things Down
The Externalization of Working Memory The human brain is a magnificent pattern recognizer but a terrible fili…
Decision-Making
Why You Shouldn't Get a Dog If You Can't Say No to Yourself
Core thesis: A person who cannot say no to themselves may struggle with dog ownership because dogs require da…
Decision-Making
Learning to Limit Yourself Before Taking on the Responsibility of a Pet
Core thesis: Before taking on a pet, you must learn to limit your own impulses because responsible care depen…
Decision-Making
The Unspoken Rules of Boundaries in Pet Ownership and Life
Core thesis: Boundaries in pet ownership are not harsh restrictions; they are predictable structures that pro…
Decision-Making
Visualizing Your Primal Feelings as an Untrained Inner Pet
Core thesis: Visualizing primal feelings as an untrained inner pet helps you relate to impulses with firmness…
Decision-Making
Understanding the Hedonistic, Consequence-Free Part of Your Mind
The Id Revisited: A Neuroscientific Update Freud's concept of the id—the part of the psyche that operates on…