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    • ]]>    Resistance Is Futile. To Change Habits, Try Replacement Instead.https://pavanyara.com/blog/changing-habits/Wed, 28 Mar 2018 21:45:37 +0530pavan.yara@gmail.com (Pavan Yara)https://pavanyara.com/blog/changing-habits/<p>This inconvenient little bit of neuroscience has bothered me ever since I came across a famous Carl Jung quote: <strong>“What you resist not only persists but will grow in size.”</strong> If resisting a behavior I want to change is not only ineffective but harmful, then what should I do instead?</p> <p>One trick is to pull a little bait and switch on your own brain. It goes like this: When the urge comes to do the counterproductive thing, don’t resist. Instead, replace.</p>This inconvenient little bit of neuroscience has bothered me ever since I came across a famous Carl Jung quote: “What you resist not only persists but will grow in size.” If resisting a behavior I want to change is not only ineffective but harmful, then what should I do instead?

    One trick is to pull a little bait and switch on your own brain. It goes like this: When the urge comes to do the counterproductive thing, don’t resist. Instead, replace.

    via @nytimes article

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