Spot on, Will. Your advice on hiring a fitness coach, wow, I wish I’d done it sooner. I would get lean, then fall off every time. But I found a guy online and signed up for an entire year (3 grand). Worth every penny. It’s been 5 years and I’ve never gone back to that disgusting dad bod. God Bless you
Excellent article - great to have William James referenced. Successful people will always tend to focus on their own errors or failings, and what can be learned from them, rather than blaming external forces. They then take that knowledge and strive to reinforce good habits. They have what modern psychology calls an ‘internal locus of control’. Sadly too many people nowadays have an ‘external locus of control’, and blame society, their parents, a partner, the list is endless, for their lack of both success and the sound habits needed for positive outcomes. Many thanks.
Interesting how well these psychological observations fit with the findings of contemporary neurobiology. Do you think that psychology as a discipline has significantly regressed in many ways since the turn of the 20th century, or it’s a very mixed bag?
William James is one of the most famous psychologists, and this is one of his notable works. Stick to the classics, and you can't go far wrong (mostly).
Spot on, Will. Your advice on hiring a fitness coach, wow, I wish I’d done it sooner. I would get lean, then fall off every time. But I found a guy online and signed up for an entire year (3 grand). Worth every penny. It’s been 5 years and I’ve never gone back to that disgusting dad bod. God Bless you
Excellent article - great to have William James referenced. Successful people will always tend to focus on their own errors or failings, and what can be learned from them, rather than blaming external forces. They then take that knowledge and strive to reinforce good habits. They have what modern psychology calls an ‘internal locus of control’. Sadly too many people nowadays have an ‘external locus of control’, and blame society, their parents, a partner, the list is endless, for their lack of both success and the sound habits needed for positive outcomes. Many thanks.
Interesting how well these psychological observations fit with the findings of contemporary neurobiology. Do you think that psychology as a discipline has significantly regressed in many ways since the turn of the 20th century, or it’s a very mixed bag?
Most academic disciplines deteriorated a lot after around 1940.
William James is one of the most famous psychologists, and this is one of his notable works. Stick to the classics, and you can't go far wrong (mostly).