Easily listen to The Science of Self in your podcast app of choice at https://bit.ly/ScienceOfSelfPodcast 00:06:42 Jia Jiang gave a popular TED Talk 00:10:15 The Perfectionist. 00:11:34 The Intimidated. 00:13:00 The Environment Blamer. 00:14:12 The Defeatist. 00:19:53 Brian Wansink of Cornell University 00:22:44 Further Considerations Hear it Here - https://bit.ly/PowerOfSelfDiscipline • Aside from knowledge of the cycle and what you tend to fall prey to, there are specific ways to deal with four of the five phases of the cycle. Regarding unhelpful assumptions, instead embody the empowering belief of the forty percent rule. Regarding discomfort, Change your expectations and actively practice discomfort to build your mental toughness. Regarding excuses, learn how to reframe your excuses and stop falling into the common traps and self-lies. Regarding avoidance activities, it’s a matter of out of sight, out of mind; if you cannot find distractions, you cannot avoid. • Other general considerations for beating the cycle of lacking self-discipline are creating goals to reduce discomfort and improve time management, and developing skills to stop making excuses so frequently. Beat the cycle! #Defeatist #BrianWansink #Discomfort #JiaJiang #Jiang #LackingSelfDiscipline #Perfectionist #Selfdiscipline #SMART #Wansink #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #PeterHollins #TheScienceofSelf #SuperBrain #TheCycleOfLackingSelf-Discipline