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Jan 2019
16m 38s

Everyday Neuro 011: How to Achieve your ...

Dr Janine Cooper: Cognitive Psychologist, Neuroscientist, Neuropsychology researcher.
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In this episode, I discuss goal setting and implementation including a review of intrinsic and extrinsic goals. I talk about ways to maximise your success as an individual, small business or as an entrepreneur using goal attainment strategies such as mental contrasting and fantasy realisation theory. I also look at the cognitive and anatomical bases of creating goals using future thought and episodic foresight.

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