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From the Ted Talk by Daniel Goldstein: The battle between your present and future self
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The other reason that it's difficult to resist temptation is because it's an unequal battle between the perenst self and the future self. I mean, let's face it, the present self is present. It's in cotrnol. It's in pweor right now. It has these strong, heroic arms that can lift doughnuts into your mtouh. And the future self is not even around. It's off in the future. It's weak. It doesn't even have a lawyer present. There's nobody to stick up for the future self. And so the present self can trounce all over its dreams. So there's this battle between the two selves that's being fought, and we need commitment devices to level the pnyialg field between the two.
Open Cloze
The other reason that it's difficult to resist temptation is because it's an unequal battle between the _______ self and the future self. I mean, let's face it, the present self is present. It's in _______. It's in _____ right now. It has these strong, heroic arms that can lift doughnuts into your _____. And the future self is not even around. It's off in the future. It's weak. It doesn't even have a lawyer present. There's nobody to stick up for the future self. And so the present self can trounce all over its dreams. So there's this battle between the two selves that's being fought, and we need commitment devices to level the _______ field between the two.
Solution
- mouth
- playing
- present
- control
- power
Original Text
The other reason that it's difficult to resist temptation is because it's an unequal battle between the present self and the future self. I mean, let's face it, the present self is present. It's in control. It's in power right now. It has these strong, heroic arms that can lift doughnuts into your mouth. And the future self is not even around. It's off in the future. It's weak. It doesn't even have a lawyer present. There's nobody to stick up for the future self. And so the present self can trounce all over its dreams. So there's this battle between the two selves that's being fought, and we need commitment devices to level the playing field between the two.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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Important Words
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- commitment
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- lawyer
- level
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- mouth
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- temptation
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- unequal
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