AMU-WEBD220 Week 6 Assignment
Part Three:
On the website called podcastalley.com, I found three interesting podcasts that I listened to. The third one is about launching a major change in behavior that is supposed to improve the way that we make decisions and therefore solve all of our problems.
The reason why I chose this podcast, is because certain psychological topics such as behavior, is something that I find very interesting. One of the leading researchers on this project, Angela Duckworth, states that people "repeatedly make decisions that undermine their own long-term well-being.”
In order to understand complex or abstract concepts, it always helps me personally to make comparisons or real life examples so that I can fully comprehend what the meaning behind a concept really is. In this podcast, they gave the comparison of the decision of a college student to skip class and go buy a $10 cheeseburger. That is a decision that is subtly harmful to their own success in the future, as small as it may be. A better option they could chose would be to go to class, and instead of spending $10 on a cheeseburger, investing that money in their future. I would also go so far as to add that they could chose to make their own lunch and bring it from home, maybe like a PB&J sandwich and chips, for pennies on the dollar!
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