Mastodawn

Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why time accelerates as we get older and how to slow it down

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/neil-degrasse-tyson-is-time-speeding-up-ex1/

This article reports that higher intelligence increases the likelihood of abandoning familiar solutions in favor of better, novel ones, with openness to experience also playing a role depending on the quality of the new solution. It notes that social learning influences how people adapt strategies when better options emerge.

The topic is of interest to psychology readers because it highlights how cognitive abilities and personality traits interact to shape how individuals observe, evaluate, and adopt new behaviors in social contexts, illustrating mechanisms behind learning and innovation.

Article Title: Highly intelligent people are more likely to ditch old habits for better ideas, study finds

Link to PsyPost Article: https://nolinkpreview.com/www.psypost.org/highly-intelligent-people-are-more-likely-to-ditch-old-habits-for-better-ideas-study-finds/

#intelligence #sociallearning #cognition #personality #openness #adaptation #behaviorchange #novel solutions #psychologyresearch #learningdifferences

Grow with Mama KK Jun 8

Motivational Monday: What to Do After You Finally See the Pattern

Awareness becomes meaningful when it leads to action. This post explores how small, consistent choices — not perfection — help turn insight into real change, and why progress matters more than performance when you are learning to respond differently.

https://smallshiftsbigchanges.wordpress.com/2026/06/08/motivational-monday-what-to-do-after-you-finally-see-the-pattern/

Grow with Mama KK Jun 2

Transformation Tuesday: Repeat the New Choice Until It Feels Natural

Discipline is not about being perfect. It is about repeating the new choice often enough that it starts to feel familiar, easier, and eventually natural. In this post, we explore why consistency matters, why change feels awkward at first, and how small repetitions build lasting identity.

https://smallshiftsbigchanges.wordpress.com/2026/06/02/transformation-tuesday/

Grow with Mama KK Jun 2

Transformation Tuesday: Replace One Old Habit With a Better One

Real change rarely happens by simply stopping a habit. It happens when you replace the old pattern with something healthier, simpler, and easier to repeat. In this post, we explore how to identify your triggers, choose a better response, and build a new habit that actually sticks.

https://smallshiftsbigchanges.wordpress.com/2026/06/02/transformation-tuesday-replace-one-old-habit-with-a-better-one/

Adrian Segar May 29

Don't waste valuable meeting time with lectures! Social production is the way to maximize learning that leads to significant, valuable, long-term change.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2018/05/the-tragedy-of-wasting-valuable-meeting-time-having-experts-presenting-to-learners

#meetings #EventDesign #lecturing #presentations #SocialProduction #practice #BehaviorChange

Headlines Africa May 22

Africa: Africa CDC Rallies Govts, Partners to Mainstream Behavioural Change in National Health Plans: [Leadership] African health leaders and development partners have renewed calls for Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) to be entrenched as a core component of health systems across the continent. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TSg26X #Africa #HealthLeadership #BehaviorChange #PublicHealth #SBC