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learning about the Yerkes- Dodson rule in psychology and the “Goldilocks zone”
The sweet spot between boredom and motivation, and how a task needs to be challenging to be engaging but not TOO challenging to where we feel defeated and give up.
— Jul 28, 2025 06:26AM
The sweet spot between boredom and motivation, and how a task needs to be challenging to be engaging but not TOO challenging to where we feel defeated and give up.
Taylor Thompson
is on page 229 of 319
I’m so glad to be back to reading this book! This chapter talked about your genetic predisposition on habits. Pick the right things to be good at, and your chance of success is so much higher
Example in the book: Michael Phelps was an Olympian swimmer, he was 6’4” with long body and legs. It makes swimming easy, but he wouldn’t be AS great at long distance running, as every pound is weight and slows u down
— Jul 21, 2025 07:54AM
Example in the book: Michael Phelps was an Olympian swimmer, he was 6’4” with long body and legs. It makes swimming easy, but he wouldn’t be AS great at long distance running, as every pound is weight and slows u down
