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The Identity-Goals Feedback Loop: Transforming Who You Are to Achieve More

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Discover how your identity shapes your goals-and vice versa-in this science-backed episode. Drawing from James Clear's 'Atomic Habits' and Carol Dweck's mindset research, learn practical techniques to align your identity with your aspirations and design an environment for automatic success.

The Identity-Goals Feedback Loop: Transforming Who You Are to Achieve More
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Arithmetic and local circuitry underlying dopamine prediction errors
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https://www.nature.com/articles/nature14855
Self‑regulation of time management: Mental contrasting with implementation intentions
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejsp.2090
Atomic Habits
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/atomic-habits-by-james-clear
The Knowledge Project #109 — Angela Duckworth: Grit and Human Behavior
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https://fs.blog/knowledge-project-podcast/angela-duckworth/
Implementation Intentions and Goal Achievement: A Meta‑analysis of Effects and Processes
link
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0065260106380021
Keep your goals to yourself
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https://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_keep_your_goals_to_yourself
Psychology of Habit
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https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-psych-122414-033417
Grit: The power of passion and perseverance
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https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_grit_the_power_of_passion_and_perseverance
Building a Practically Useful Theory of Goal Setting and Task Motivation: A 35‑Year Odyssey
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https://www.ovid.com/journals/ampsy/abstract/00000487-200209000-00003~building-a-practically-useful-theory-of-goal-setting-and
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/mindset-by-carol-dweck
How are habits formed? Modelling habit formation in the real world
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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/32898894_How_are_habits_formed_Modeling_habit_formation_in_the_real_world
The Fresh Start Effect: Temporal Landmarks Motivate Aspirational Behavior
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https://pubsonline.informs.org/toc/mnsc/60/10
Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/designing-your-life-by-bill-burnett
Identity‑Based Motivation and the Motivational Consequences of Difficulty
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https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/spc3.70028
Get It Done: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/get-it-done-by-ayelet-fishbach
Modern Wisdom #064 — James Clear: How To Build Habits That Last
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https://dexa.ai/modernwisdom/d/470aa26a-6a6a-11ee-8afd-538e7561e0f5
Self‑Compassion Increases Self‑Improvement Motivation
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https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167212445599
The power of believing that you can improve
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https://www.ted.com/speakers/carol_dweck
Goal contagion: Perceiving is for pursuing
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https://nyuscholars.nyu.edu/en/publications/goal-contagion-perceiving-is-for-pursuing
Digital Minimalism
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/digital-minimalism-by-cal-newport
Self-Determination Theory: Basic Psychological Needs in Motivation, Development, and Wellness
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https://www.routledge.com/Self-Determination-Theory-Basic-Psychological-Needs-in-Motivation-Development-and-Wellness/Ryan-Deci/p/book/9781462538966
How Satya Nadella created a 'learn‑it‑all' culture at Microsoft
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https://www.businessinsider.com/satya-nadella-microsoft-powerhouse-ai-investment-openai-2024-7
The psychology of your future self
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https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_the_psychology_of_your_future_self
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26046338-grit
Understanding dopamine and reinforcement learning: The dopamine reward prediction error hypothesis
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https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1014269108
Huberman Lab — The Science of Setting & Achieving Goals
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https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/the-science-of-setting-and-achieving-goals
Huberman Lab — Goals Toolkit: How to Set & Achieve Your Goals
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https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/goals-toolkit-how-to-set-achieve-your-goals
Rethinking Positive Thinking: Inside the New Science of Motivation
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20821304-rethinking-positive-thinking
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