Emily Balcetis: Setting and Achieving Goals

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Emily Balcetis is an Associate Professor of Psychology at New York University. She is the author of more than 70 scientific publications and her work has been covered in Forbes, Newsweek, Time, National Public Radio, Cosmopolitan, GQ, and many others. She has also received numero ...  Show more

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‘A lot can change when you start following those signs and the patterns and the curiosities. And I think life is always giving us those things and it’s, ‘Are we paying attention? Are we connected to ourselves and our guidance system?’ so that we know to follow those nudges and ...