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End Aversive Activities Less Intensely
For unpleasant but useful activities, add a few minutes at the end that are still part of the task but less intense, so the memory of the experience is more favorable and you're more likely to repeat it; applies to hard workouts via a less intense cooldown.
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“"If you elongate the unpleasant experience by a couple minutes... but you make those last few minutes of the unpleasant experience slightly less unpleasant than the end of the experience would otherwise have been... people look back on the experience more favorably."”
huberman · How to Shape Your Identity & Goals | Dr. Maya Shankar · Jul 24, 2023 · 2:26:35 · open ↗
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