A study conducted by Floor Kroese, Marieke Adriaanse, Catharine Evers, and Denise DeRidder as released in the bulletin of Personality and Social Psychology October 2011 edition says that implementation intentions increase the strength of the relationship between temptations and goals.
When we're on a diet all of a sudden there is a temptation that comes, for example, there is a friend who offered us a piece of chocolate cake then we must do two things, namely:
1. Decided to stick to the goal that we're on a diet.
2. Try to make special plans to keep us on the initial goal. For example, by thinking how to get a cup of coffee or a glass of water instead. Share this post :
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