In case of emergency break glass!
Some people deliberately create an image of their very worst-case scenario – the lowest point to which their addiction could lead them – and then lock it away in a little red box in their head so that if they feel their resistance is about to collapse they can get it out, contemplate the full horror of it, and generate fresh resolve.
Employ positive self-talk
In 1972 psychologist Walter Mischel conducted a famous investigation into willpower with four to six year olds. He offered them the opportunity to eat one marshmallow straight away or, if they could just wait until the experimenter came back in the room, they could have two. The children who managed to hold out were more often than not those who talked ...
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