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2020
I just finished Atul Gawande’s ‘Better’, and some words from the final few pages prompted me to open the laptop: Write something. I do not mean this to be an intimidating suggestion. It makes no difference whether you write five paragraphs for a blog, a paper for a professional journal, or a poem for a…
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Behaviour Change: The Default Operating System – Personality (Part II)
Having boarded the aircraft to behaviour change land in part I, we’ve already caught a bird’s eye view of why behaviour matters, the two broad systems of consciousness involved, and a brief, tentative stab at some of the neuroscience underpinning behaviour. Before moving forward, it’s worth re-emphasising the thrust of this series on behaviour change.…
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Pulling the Trigger of Behaviour Change: an Introduction (Part I)
I bloody love pancakes. This was a typical breakfast for me when vacationing through California a few years ago. Pancakes, maple syrup, bacon, eggs….copy and paste every day. I loved it. But I KNEW I was taking the piss a bit. As a type 1 diabetic, my risk of cardiovascular disease and heart attack is…