Episode Reviews

Key takeaways: -if you want more willpower or self-control, try practicing gratitude-emotions aren't always the enemy - they can be enormously constructive and powerful-"when you are feeling an emotion, it's altering the computations. Your brain is making your predictions for the best course of action."-There is a correlation between gratitude and people's ability to delay gratification - when people intentionally think of something they are grateful for, it basically doubles their self-control -"...when you feel gratitude, it alters the computations your brain is making about how valuable a future goal is." (think about this with regards to career planning / career decision making)-"simply by making people feel grateful, it alters the way their brain assigns value as a function of time" -gratitude can be a buffer for stress