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Your Present Choices Influence Your Future Preferences: How to Use This for Self-Change

by Steven Handel

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We like to believe we know what we want, but our present choices – even when made blindly – can have a big influence over our future preferences. Here’s how to use this fact to facilitate self-change.


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  • Nudges: How Small Changes Shape Our Choices
  • Opposite Action: When You Should Do The Opposite of What You Feel
  • New Habit Worksheet (PDF)
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