The Science of Getting Unstuck: When to Keep Going and When to Let Go with Adam Alter

More often people quit too soon. So they stop things too soon. That doesn't mean you shouldn't say, all right, I'm done with this thing, I should move on, and it's great to try new things, but I think our tendency is to say this got hard and I'm just going to abandon it. Welcome to the One You Feed. Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have.

Quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think ring true, and yet for many of us our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear. We see what we don't have instead of what we do. We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit. But it's not just about thinking.

Our actions matter. It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living. This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction, how they feed their good wolf. Here's a sneaky thing about getting unstuck. The moment it starts feeling difficult is often the moment we assume we've hit a wall.

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