behavior Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/behavior/ Funding the Adventurous Life Sun, 30 Jun 2024 22:14:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/clippingchains.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-TEST_CC_Logo-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 behavior Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/behavior/ 32 32 150809980 Cory Richards: The Color of Everything https://clippingchains.com/2024/07/01/cory-richards/ https://clippingchains.com/2024/07/01/cory-richards/#respond Mon, 01 Jul 2024 06:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=10120 Cory Richards shocked the world when he abruptly ended his climbing career at the foot of Dhaulagiri in 2021. He is ready to tell his story. Introduction Perhaps no one has quit their job like my guest today, Cory Richards. Richards, still a world-renowned photographer, abruptly ended his career as an elite mountaineer in April …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2024/07/01/cory-richards/feed/ 0 10120 The Illusion of Skill and How to Make Better Predictions https://clippingchains.com/2024/05/20/how-to-make-better-predictions/ https://clippingchains.com/2024/05/20/how-to-make-better-predictions/#respond Mon, 20 May 2024 06:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=10073 Imagine being faced with the daunting task of predicting the future with nothing but incomplete information and a handful of hunches. Perhaps you’re considering new experiences, like travel or moving to a different town. When I imagined quitting my job, I envisioned a happier world, free from the perceived burden of corporate work. In the …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2024/05/20/how-to-make-better-predictions/feed/ 0 10073 A Therapist on Satisfaction in Sport, Life, and Love https://clippingchains.com/2024/03/28/lincoln-stoller/ https://clippingchains.com/2024/03/28/lincoln-stoller/#respond Thu, 28 Mar 2024 06:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=9973 If you haven’t noticed, the concept of achievement and even competitiveness has weighed heavily on my mind as of late. A gift of the nontraditional life is the opportunity to step back and see the world around us with a degree of unusual clarity, far from the treadmill. For years I valued athletic and professional …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2024/02/12/base-rate-fallacy/feed/ 0 9903 The Problem with Bucket Lists and How to Be Happy with Less https://clippingchains.com/2023/10/02/the-problem-with-bucket-lists/ https://clippingchains.com/2023/10/02/the-problem-with-bucket-lists/#comments Mon, 02 Oct 2023 06:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=9646 It’s often said that happiness equals what you have minus (or sometimes divided by) what you want. When our wants are many, what we have is of little consequence. That is why there are hordes of unhappy millionaires and high achievers who quietly suffer (yes, suffer) under the weight of lofty and insatiable desires and …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2023/10/02/the-problem-with-bucket-lists/feed/ 4 9646 The Anticipation Of The Thing Is Greater Than The Thing https://clippingchains.com/2022/11/07/impact-bias/ https://clippingchains.com/2022/11/07/impact-bias/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2022 07:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=9055 We are prone to believing that outcomes will have stronger emotional impacts on us than they often do. This state of expectation, or impact bias, highlights why anticipation of an event is a much more palpable emotion than the event itself. The impact bias can lead to behaviors that make us less content despite our …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2022/11/07/impact-bias/feed/ 1 9055 This is the Wild Ride We Signed Up For https://clippingchains.com/2022/05/16/wild-ride/ https://clippingchains.com/2022/05/16/wild-ride/#respond Mon, 16 May 2022 06:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=8568 To date, 2022 has been a bad year for the stock market. As long-term investors, this is the wild ride we signed up for. Listen to the Wild Ride in Podcast Form We like to think that we are immune from the kind of worry and distress that befalls so many investors in the tough …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2022/05/16/wild-ride/feed/ 0 8568 I Was Really Fat Until I Fixed It https://clippingchains.com/2019/07/08/i-was-really-fat-until-i-fixed-it/ https://clippingchains.com/2019/07/08/i-was-really-fat-until-i-fixed-it/#respond Mon, 08 Jul 2019 13:00:30 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=2343 There was a time when I was fat.  Not “athlete fat,” where you’d like to drop five or ten pounds — I’m talking about obese.  As I write this, I weigh 148 pounds. In Peak Blubber days, circa 2001 (age 17), I weighed approximately 240 pounds. And there was no muscle to speak of. Over …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2019/07/08/i-was-really-fat-until-i-fixed-it/feed/ 0 2343 Know Thyself: A Guide To Individuality https://clippingchains.com/2019/03/25/know-thyself-individuality/ https://clippingchains.com/2019/03/25/know-thyself-individuality/#respond Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:00:20 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=1697 The concept of conformity involves changing one’s behavior to “fit in” or otherwise not stand out. It’s human nature; there’s a lot of comfort in being part of the herd and going with the flow. But when it comes to many of life’s endeavors, aligning ourselves with the “average person” may be detrimental to our …

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