Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Self-control and Grit (Understanding Brain (Evolutionary (Was made for…
Self-control and Grit
Understanding Brain
Evolutionary
Was made for having healthy and good relationships
Morals like gratitude, compassion, and pride makes us less selfish
Ex. Friend gives me $1, I would want to give one back later out of gratitude
Back then success came from strong morals because of cooperation
Willpower is a muscle that get exhausted
Keeping an impulse down makes you stressed = bad effects
We create rationalizations about our decisions (even bad ones)
Just rationalize about long term goals
Self-control gets rid of impulses
Emotions make self control require less effort
Gratitude
Being gracious trumps greed "I feel happy enough"
Pride
Encourages you to work harder but less stressed doing it
Compassion
If you're compassionate over time more people will work with you
Fairness
SELF CONTROL
Ways to Improve Self-Control
Meditate
Shut down negative impulses
Practice the mention morals
Develop habits associating with these emotions
Gratitude
Stop and think what you're grateful for
Focus on the feeling
Compassion
Try helping someone
Try be more sympathetic
Pride
Celebrate your little successes
Obtained by people around you
Value the long term
Virtues
Resume Virtues
Virtues needed for careers
Eulogy Virtues
Things we want to remembered for (morals)
watch previous episode