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I find it extremely naive, and I highly doubt there's lack of unsuccessful people who hold similar views. Maximal versions of the belief are actually quite fash
by zaat 3y ago
I find it extremely naive, and I highly doubt there's lack of unsuccessful people who hold similar views. Maximal versions of the belief are actually quite fashionable from time to time, "The Secret" book for an example.
In reality, you can try liking a particular food containing Coriander, but your genetics can interfere, and try as you might, it will still taste like soap. You can lie in bad every night in total silence, counting from 300 to 0 again and again, and still fail to fall a sleep in less than 40 minutes. Moreover, after you practiced and practiced to go down from 2 hours to 40 minutes, all you need is to attend one wedding or going single time to pub with friends after few months, and you are back to square one.
One thing I'm in agreement with the author on - you have limited amount of willpower. Some have more, some have less, but regardless of how much you got, you will be much more successful in life if you invest it breaking barriers you can overcome and avoid fighting losing battles.
- JohnBooty 3y agoyou will be much more successful in life if you invest it breaking barriers you can overcome and avoid fighting losing battles. Cheers to that. I don't see any conflict between what you wrote and what I wrote. genetics [etc.] Please, be reasonable. I said that it was valuable and powerful to realize our brains are hackable, not that it was some limitless ridiculous sci-fi ability that could rewrite or circumvent your genetic code or other hard limits. I understand that there are people who seem to believe such things, but if you re-read what I wrote (or maybe read it for the first time) I think you'll find I very clearly never hinted at such nonsense.
- zaat 3y agoMy issue was with the sentence from the article that you have started your comment with its quote, and described as so true and so powerful. In contrast to how you perceived that sentence, it had an immediate and strong negative effect on me when I was reading it in the article, exactly because > genetics [etc.] are known to be the underlining cause for the pains and struggles experienced by many night owls struggling to cope with society where everyone is expected to be a morning bird. And just like genetics interfere with the ability of some people to go to sleep at reasonable hours, genetics have very strong influence on the possibility that with practice you will be able to teach yourself to appreciate particular foods
- JohnBooty 3y agoI am a night owl too, and I recognize that this is probably some kind of biological predisposition for me. Yet I didn't feel offended or threatened by the article. Of course I can probably improve my sleep habits. I didn't interpret the article as telling me I could rewrite my DNA at will. It's like if I told you that you could practice tennis or swimming and you found it very obnoxious because genetics probably prevents you from being Roger Federer or Michael Phelps. At any rate, we're on the same page. I don't think you can magically stop being a night owl or whatever.