Lesson: How to say "No!" to almost anything
Conversation
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Vocabulary
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Video
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Reading practice
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- You know that feeling when you really want to accomplish something but it seems like your brain is almost fighting against you. KM: We actually have something more like two minds. - That’s Kelly McGonigal author of the Willpower Instinct KM: Ah, we have one brain that is very responsive to our immediate needs and when we’re not mindset we tend to make choices that are * with our long terms goals. But we also all have this other brains other mindset that thinks about long term consequences, remembers where our big values are. *Takes a kind of * you on our lives and our choices. And when we’re on that mindset and that system of the brain is in control of our choices, we tend to do things that make our future self actually happier and healthier, more productive, more successful. - So Kelly says that while many of us think of willpower as the ability to say no to that short term part of our brain. We can actually be much more effective to tap into the different types of willpower that help us unleash the long term part of our brain. KM: Many people think of willpower is the ability to resist temptation. But willpower is actually three powers: I will power, I won’t power and I want power. I won’t power is what we typically think *well this willpowe is the ability to resist temptation. I will power that’s the ability to remember that you want the consequences of doing this difficult think. And the third power I want power the ability to walk around the world with a clear memory of what * you care about most. * when you’re deciding what you eat for lunch, it’s not an automatically choice but actually in a moment you think about your desire for health. And actually what willpower does is, it allows you to put your energy in attention on exactly what it is you want and what you care about. - So if you want to change automatically *behavior prompted by that short term part of our brain. We can’t just rely on I won’t go power which will eventually *wear down. We also to tap into I will willpower like whenever I’m attempted to eat a piece of chocolate cake I will eat a handful of carrots instead or I want willpower, like when I’m attempted to smoke or remind myself that a really want to be a lie to see my grandchildren. By doing this for tapping into new sources of will power and won’t make change this behaviors that much easier.
Writing practice
Write a couple of paragraphs ---->>>> instructions <<<<-----. Make sure to use words you learned from the text and try to make it as long as you can. This is your opportunity to show off your writing skills.