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However, instead of trying to push them out of mind, it might be wise to anticipate them in advance.

When you anticipate all the alcohol that will be served here later today, you can better control your consumption.

When I anticipate that my colleague is going to be upset, I can better control my emotion in a heated debate at work.

When we anticipate temptations, we are less tempted when we get there.

In one study, when we reminded employees of all the times they will be tempted to take office supplies for personal use,

they were less likely to do that compared to those in the control group.

Anticipating temptations make you prepared and, hence, less tempted.

All right, what about the person sitting next to you?

Look at them for a second.

I will be waiting here.

How can that person help?

Your friends, your family, and other people that you love are critical for your motivation.

They are your lighthouse, and you are also important for them.

Let me tell you a love story that resulted in four Nobel Prizes.

When Marie met Pierre Curie, she did not only meet the love of her life,

She met the person who pushed her to excel in her work on the theory of radioactivity, and who later insisted that she will be named on the joint Nobel Prize.

That was her first.

The second Nobel Prize, she won by herself with no man by her side.

The couple had two daughters, and they wanted them to excel.

Their oldest, Iran, won a Nobel Prize with her husband, as was the tradition in the Kiwi family.