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Designing your life PDF Print E-mail
Written by Olivia Fox Cabane   
Wednesday, 24 February 2010 14:05

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We have limited willpower.

Such is the fundamental premise of The Power of Full Engagement, synthesizing countless studies observing a whole spectrum of folks, from stay-at-home moms to high-level athletes.

Essentially, every time we use willpower, you deplete your willpower reserves. When that runs dry, we revert to the path of least resistance– usually, our default setting. These default settings have a much greater impact on our daily lives than we realize–whether for small decisions or for big decisions.

One striking example, given by economist Richard Thaler in Nudge, is the effect of presumed consent versus presumed dissent on organ donation. You’d think people would care pretty strongly about this– but we don’t. At least, not enough to express a preference; in the vast majority of cases, we go with the default setting.

So you might want to make sure your default settings work for you. Think of your daily life. What are your current default settings? Are there behaviors you’d like to change? Don’t rely on willpower– use the power of default settings. Tweak settings to encourage the behaviors you want; discourage the behaviors you don’t want.
 

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