# 371 - Crush your new years resolutions - Dr Emily Balcetis

Emily Balcetis is a social psychologist and professor of psychology at NYU and author of Clearer, closer, better. She is fascinated by how we look at things and has performed groundbreaking research showing how we can change our perspective to attain our goals. In this episode, we hear how how what we see creates our perception of the world around us. We hear about how much of what we see is in direct focus. How much is in our peripheral vision and the role the brain plays in filling in the gaps, not just in our vision but also in our subjective experience. We learn how this knowledge about our subective focus can be used in the context of health and fitness to enhance performance, simply by changing how we look at a task. Expect to learn about how we can sustain motivation and the importance of factoring in the inevitability of obstacles in the path to a goal. Plus we learn how best to take action that gives us the best chance of sustaining our new years resolutions. https://as.nyu.edu/faculty/emily-balcetis.html Dr Baletis' book : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Clearer-Closer-Better-Successful-People/dp/1524796468