Moral licensing licensing loop
Moral licensing licensing loop. And give ourselves permission to do something bad because we’ve been good. The reason that we’ve earned it or deserved it. But tomorrow we’re gonna be good tomorrow. The false choice making excuses to activities in polar opposites. For example, I haven’t been exercising. I’m too busy writing. The lack of control for example I travel all the time or it’s a weather or I have an injury. Arranging to I’ll just check my email quickly before I go to the meeting. But this doesn’t count. I’m on vacation. I can eat anything the questionable assumption loop make assumptions that influence our habit. for example, all Creative people are missing. The concern for others I will hurt somebody’s feeling if I do that. Self actualization for example you only live once. The one point before example, even though one point certainly isn’t sufficient make a man rich, a man only becomes rich by adding one point after another I have worked on that project for so long. There’s no point in working on it this morning.
— from The Instruments (Awareness/Perception/Expectations)
Also belongs to
- The Heart in the Cockpit (Emotion/Awe/Anxiety/Regret/Empathy)
- Expanding Your Range (Growth/Change/Education/Learning/Habit)
- Goals, Action & Defining Success (Goal/Action/Success/Motivation)