Dr. Ethan Kross

And there's actually a framework to help people do this that I really like. And it's interesting because you mentioned the military earlier. And there's a... a wonderful corollary.

And I haven't experienced this too often in my life where I see something in science that scaffolds onto a practice that another organization, in this case, the military, implements to help people, number one, identify what are their, in the context of what we're talking about, what are their emotion regulation goals? What are their shifting goals? And how do you

And I haven't experienced this too often in my life where I see something in science that scaffolds onto a practice that another organization, in this case, the military, implements to help people, number one, identify what are their, in the context of what we're talking about, what are their emotion regulation goals? What are their shifting goals? And how do you

And I haven't experienced this too often in my life where I see something in science that scaffolds onto a practice that another organization, in this case, the military, implements to help people, number one, identify what are their, in the context of what we're talking about, what are their emotion regulation goals? What are their shifting goals? And how do you

go from having those goals to bringing them to fruition. And so in the military, like special forces before they have complicated operations, they will often first think about, okay, what's our goal? What's the outcome we hope to achieve? Then what are the obstacles that we can anticipate that might undermine our ability to achieve that goal?

go from having those goals to bringing them to fruition. And so in the military, like special forces before they have complicated operations, they will often first think about, okay, what's our goal? What's the outcome we hope to achieve? Then what are the obstacles that we can anticipate that might undermine our ability to achieve that goal?

go from having those goals to bringing them to fruition. And so in the military, like special forces before they have complicated operations, they will often first think about, okay, what's our goal? What's the outcome we hope to achieve? Then what are the obstacles that we can anticipate that might undermine our ability to achieve that goal?

And they'll go around the room and, you know, the person in charge will like cold call Socratic style on folks. Like what is the... potential obstacle. And then for every obstacle that they identify, they come up with a very specific, if this happens, then we will do this. And they have multiple if-then plans for each of those different obstacles.

And they'll go around the room and, you know, the person in charge will like cold call Socratic style on folks. Like what is the... potential obstacle. And then for every obstacle that they identify, they come up with a very specific, if this happens, then we will do this. And they have multiple if-then plans for each of those different obstacles.

And they'll go around the room and, you know, the person in charge will like cold call Socratic style on folks. Like what is the... potential obstacle. And then for every obstacle that they identify, they come up with a very specific, if this happens, then we will do this. And they have multiple if-then plans for each of those different obstacles.

So if we go back to the research landscape, there's a technique called WHOOP. Have you ever heard of this? Okay. So WHOOP is an acronym, and I promised you I wouldn't use any acronyms, but this is a useful one. It's a mnemonic to remember something. So How do you go from knowing to doing?

So if we go back to the research landscape, there's a technique called WHOOP. Have you ever heard of this? Okay. So WHOOP is an acronym, and I promised you I wouldn't use any acronyms, but this is a useful one. It's a mnemonic to remember something. So How do you go from knowing to doing?

So if we go back to the research landscape, there's a technique called WHOOP. Have you ever heard of this? Okay. So WHOOP is an acronym, and I promised you I wouldn't use any acronyms, but this is a useful one. It's a mnemonic to remember something. So How do you go from knowing to doing?

Whoop is designed to help you do that because what it is explicitly designed to do is target each of the places where goal pursuit often breaks down. Step one, what's your wish? What's the thing you hope to accomplish? Let's be really clear about what that goal is. We often don't stop to even think about what our specific concrete goals are.

Whoop is designed to help you do that because what it is explicitly designed to do is target each of the places where goal pursuit often breaks down. Step one, what's your wish? What's the thing you hope to accomplish? Let's be really clear about what that goal is. We often don't stop to even think about what our specific concrete goals are.

Whoop is designed to help you do that because what it is explicitly designed to do is target each of the places where goal pursuit often breaks down. Step one, what's your wish? What's the thing you hope to accomplish? Let's be really clear about what that goal is. We often don't stop to even think about what our specific concrete goals are.

Now that we have that goal, let's give ourselves some opportunity to energize. What is the outcome we hope to achieve if we fulfill that goal? What that's doing is giving us this motivation now, really energizing us to pursue it even further. Okay, we've got the outcome, but now let's get realistic. What are the obstacles?

Now that we have that goal, let's give ourselves some opportunity to energize. What is the outcome we hope to achieve if we fulfill that goal? What that's doing is giving us this motivation now, really energizing us to pursue it even further. Okay, we've got the outcome, but now let's get realistic. What are the obstacles?

Now that we have that goal, let's give ourselves some opportunity to energize. What is the outcome we hope to achieve if we fulfill that goal? What that's doing is giving us this motivation now, really energizing us to pursue it even further. Okay, we've got the outcome, but now let's get realistic. What are the obstacles?

What are the internal obstacles that might prevent me from achieving those goals? So that's something I wish is to be more present with my family after work. The outcome that I hope to achieve is to be a better father, a better husband, to have a richer social life in those regards. Now, what are the obstacles? Okay, internal obstacles, I got plenty.