365 Days With Self-Discipline: 365 Life-Altering Thoughts on Self-Control, Mental Resilience, and Success


Day 137: On Waiting for Ten Minutes



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365 Days With Self-Discipline 365 Life-Altering Thoughts on Self-Control, Mental Resilience, and Success by Martin Meadows (z-lib.org).epub

Day 137: On Waiting for Ten Minutes

For  a  cooler,  wiser  brain,  institute  a  mandatory  ten-minute  wait  for

any temptation.

—Kelly McGonigal

 

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Telling  yourself  that  you’re  going  to  get  something  in  ten  minutes

satisfies  your  craving  for  the  next  ten  minutes.  After  all,  you  are  getting

your reward; you just need to wait ten minutes.

A curious fact is that after ten minutes, it’s likely that you’ll no longer

remember the craving or it will have diminished to such a level that you’ll

be able to handle it. And if not, you can tell yourself yet again that you’ll

have it in ten minutes and repeat the process until the urge is gone.

If you find the urge overpowering, use a stopwatch and stare at it the

entire ten minutes before succumbing to the temptation. After ten minutes,

even  if  you  still  reward  yourself,  at  least  you’ll  have  exercised  your  self-

control muscle a little.

Note  that  you  can  wait  for  ten  minutes  for  any  temptation  in  both

directions:  either  by  waiting  for  10  minutes  before  you  give  in  to

something,  or  by  giving  yourself  10  minutes  to  do  something  and  then

allowing yourself to stop.

For  example,  if  you’re  facing  the  challenge  of  unpleasant,  but

necessary and urgent work to do, tell yourself that you’ll only do it for ten

minutes and then you can quit. More often than not, you’ll continue. And if

not, as with waiting for 10 minutes before giving in to a temptation, you’ll

still have exercised your willpower.





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