5 Common Mental Errors That Sway You From Making Good Decisions

40 Years of Stanford Research Found That People With This One Quality Are More
Likely to Succeed
How to Stick With Good Habits Even When Your Willpower is Gone
The Akrasia Effect: Why We Don’t Follow Through on What We Set Out to Do (And What
to Do About It)
Looking for more articles explaining how to apply behavioral psychology principles
in practical ways? I have a full list at the bottom of this page.

All Behavioral Psychology Articles

This is a complete list of articles I have written on behavioral psychology. Enjoy!
How to Make Your Future Habits Easy
The Habits Scorecard: Use This Simple Exercise to Discover Which Habits You Should
Change
How to Create a Chain Reaction of Good Habits
The Scientific Argument for Mastering One Thing at a Time
Motivation is Overvalued. Environment Often Matters More.
The Goldilocks Rule: How to Stay Motivated in Life and Business
The Evolution of Anxiety: Why We Worry and What to Do About It
The Akrasia Effect: Why We Don’t Follow Through on What We Set Out to Do and What
to Do About It
How to Master the Invisible Hand That Shapes Our Lives
The Diderot Effect: Why We Want Things We Don’t Need — And What to Do About It
5 Common Mental Errors That Sway You From Making Good Decisions
How to Be Happy When Everything Goes Wrong
The Chemistry of Building Better Habits
Two Harvard Professors Reveal One Reason Our Brains Love to Procrastinate
How to Stop Procrastinating and Boost Your Willpower by Using “Temptation Bundling”
How to Optimize Your Daily Decisions
How to Declutter Your Mind and Unleash Your Willpower by Using Bright-Line Rules
How to Stick With Good Habits Every Day by Using the “Paper Clip Strategy”
The One Word That Drives Senseless and Irrational Habits
The 5 Triggers That Make New Habits Stick
Why Stores Place Candy by the Checkout Counter (And Why New Habits Fail)
5 Common Mistakes That Cause New Habits to Fail
4 Reasonable Ways to Achieve Overnight Success
How Smart Do You Have to Be to Succeed?
This Simple Equation Reveals How Habits Shape Your Health, Happiness, and Wealth
How Vietnam War Veterans Broke Their Heroin Addictions
How to Build New Habits by Taking Advantage of Old Ones