Index, The Feel Good Effect

Index

accountability, with Feel Good Challenge

action(s)

becoming automatic with the same cues

focusing on day-to-day process, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

mindset influencing our

not being able to prioritize important

See also habits

action plan, Feel Good Effect, intro.1, 10.1

activities. See Make It Happen Exercises; mindset practices

Ali, Muhammad

all-or-nothing thinking

explained

Power Middle thinking counteracting, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

All-Out/All-Out Circles, 7.1, 7.2

Always, Never, Ruined practice

anxiety

all-or-nothing thinking and

gratitude and

perfectionism and

Archetypes, Feel Good, 10.1, 10.2

automatic thought patterns. See thought patterns

basics, focusing on the

behaviors

becoming habits

definition

See also habits

Big Wins, 5.1, 5.2, 10.1

book club, Feel Good Effect

boundaries, creating freedom with

brain

all-or-nothing thinking and

changing and rewiring your, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2

Cue→Behavior/Cue→Habit and

mindset and, intro.1, 1.1, 1.2

negativity bias and

neuroanatomical bias toward perfectionism in our, 2.1, 2.2

social comparison and

Striving Mindset and, 2.1, 2.2

thought-pattern loops and

brilliant-at-the basics habits

change(s)

gentle is the new perfect approach to

go-big-or-go-home approach

motivation and

systems needed to support

team tiny

choices. See decisions

circles, thinking about time and energy in terms of

clinical trials, pharmaceutical and therapy

clothing, capsule wardrobe for making decisions about

commitment, intro.1, 10.1

comparisons, intro.1, intro.2, intro.3

brains hardwired for

examples of social

examples of statements using

as a good thing

gratitude counteracting, 3.1, 3.2

maximizing and

toxic

consistency, intro.1, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 6.1, 10.1

Cue→ Behavior relationship

Cue→ Habit relationship

cue, definition of

Cultivator archetype, 10.1, 10.2

customization

with GOOD Method

Own It Zones

cycles, thinking in terms of

Decision Diet strategy, 4.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

Make It Happen Exercises

See also Decision Templates

decision-making

decisions

exercise to help you make

as integral to your job

limiting number of

maximizing and

mental energy drained by

number of daily

“perfect”, 7.1, 7.2

satisfactory, 7.1, 7.2

strategy for making fewer

trade-offs with, 7.1, 7.2

Decision Templates

capsule wardrobe

Essential Six

for exercise

freedom created by boundaries in

Meal Map

single-tasking blocks during the day

deep breathing, 6.1, 6.2

delay discounting

depression, 2.1, 3.1

dichotomous thinking

diet(s)

all-or-nothing thinking with, 2.1, 2.2

go-big-or-go-home approach to

January syndrome and

Two Out of Three Rule and

discipline, intro.1, intro.2, 1.1, 6.1, 8.1, 8.2

Dynamo archetype, 10.1, 10.2

eating. See diet(s)

80/20 rule, 6.1, 6.2

environmental design, 8.1, 8.2

error-related negativity

Essential Six Decision Template

exercise

decisions related to

Decision Template for

go-big-or-go-home approach to

Mindset Loops about

outcome-based goals and

Own It Zone practice with

Power Middle thinking with

research on light physical activity vs. intense

Two Out of Three Rule and

failure state

false dilemma

Fatigue Formula

Feel Good Archetype Quiz, 10.1, 10.2

Feel Good Effect

challenge exercises

living life of

overview

Feel Good Effect (podcast), intro.1, intro.2, 4.1, 4.2

feel good fallacy

Feel Good Mindset

benefits of

combined with Good Method

explained

framework for shifting to

Gratitude

Power Middle

Self-Compassion

as a set of thinking skills

This→That rules and

used with GOOD Method

See also mindset practices

Feel Good Vision, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 6.1, 8.1, 10.1

feeling good

absence of

aligning your 20-percent habits with your definition of, 6.1, 6.2

as an end goal and a means

being healthy and, intro.1, 4.1

creating your specific definition and vision of

defining, intro.1, intro.2

meaning of, intro.1, intro.2

fitness trackers

5-Minute Rule Power Middle practice

5-minute self-compassion morning practice, 3.1, 10.1

flexible thinking, 3.1, 3.2

FOMO (fear of missing out), 3.1, 10.1

“gentle is the new perfect” approach, intro.1, 3.1

Goal Flip(ping), 4.1, 5.1, 10.1

goals

delayed discounting and

failure state and

outcome-based, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4

process-based, intro.1, 5.1, 5.2

switching from outcome to process, 5.1, 5.2

time spent on failing to reach

Two Out of Three Rule and

go-big-or-go-home approach

GOOD Method

components of

customizability and flexibility with

Decision Diet strategy

explained

Goal Flip strategy

Optimize to Satisfice strategy

Outlast strategy, 4.1, 6.1

overview

synergy of mindset, strategies, and habits in

gratitude, 3.1, 3.2

Gratitude Files

guilt

habits

aligning with your definition of “feeling good”, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3

automating with the Let This Lead to That rules, 6.1, 6.2

Cue→Habit relationship (Velcro Effect)

defined, 4.1, 6.1

environmental influences and

mindset and, 1.1, 4.1

results systems and, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

See also GOOD Method; strategies

happiness

80/20 rule and

assumptions about

health and being healthy

example of the “magical/perfect”

false assumptions about

“feeling good” and, intro.1, 4.1

meaning of

See also diet(s); exercise

January syndrome

journal

gratitude

mindset

joy, in the process, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

Let This Lead to That rules, 6.1, 6.2

linear thinking

Make It Happen Exercises

marketing messages, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1

maximizing, choices and

Meal Map

meals. See diet(s)

mental energy, Decision Diet and, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5

mental health, perfectionism and

methods

See also GOOD Method

micro-mindfulness

mindfulness, intro.1, 3.1

mindset

defined, intro.1, 1.1, 2.1

managing your

motivation, discipline, and willpower vs.

positive thinking and

reframing

in results system

shifts in, intro.1, intro.2, 3.1

Mindset Loop, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1

mindset practices

Feel Good Effect Archetype used to determine your

Mini-Milestones, 5.1, 5.2, 10.1

mistakes

perfectionism and, 2.1, 2.2

self-compassion and, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

Two Out of Three Rule and

“mom guilt”

mood disorders

motivation, intro.1, 1.1, 1.2, 5.1

multitasking, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

“never, ” noticing yourself saying

New Year’s resolutions, 1.1, 2.1

one-size-fits-all thinking, 3.1, 3.2

optimization, intro.1, 6.1, 7.1

Optimize to Satisfice, 4.1, 7.1

outcome-based goals, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4

Outlast strategy, 4.1, 6.1

Own It Zones

Pareto principle

Pareto, Vilfredo

patience, shifting mindset and

patient uniformity myth

pauses, shifting mindset with

paying attention (micro mindfulness)

perfect-decision trap

perfectionism

damaging effects of, 2.1, 2.2

example statements of

guilt and

January syndrome and

mistakes and

moving to self-compassion from, 3.1, 3.2

procrastination and, 2.1, 2.2

Power Middle thinking

circles and cycles, thinking in terms of

flexible thinking style with

mindset practices

put into practice

Two Out of Three Rule and

practice plan, for shifting mindset

practices. See Make It Happen Exercises; mindset practices

prioritize(ing)

Goal Flip strategy and, 4.1, 5.1

Outlast strategy and, 4.1, 6.1

what to do when you are not able to

process

documenting your progress in the

focus on the

Goal Flipping’s focus on the

infusing joy into the, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

refusing to hate the

process-based goals, intro.1, 5.1, 5.2

Process Over Goal strategy

procrastination, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1

progress, documenting your

quiz, Feel Good Effect Archetype, 10.1, 10.2

Real Food Whole Life (website)

reality bias

reframe, compassionate

resistance, to self-compassion

result(s)

80/20 rule and

false assumptions about how to get

Goal Flipping and, 5.1, 5.2

results system. See GOOD Method

reverse engineer the result(s)

“ruined, ” noticing yourself saying

Saban, Nick

satisficing

schedule, self-compassion

Seeker archetype, 10.1, 10.2

self-compassion, 3.1, 3.2

short-term results

“should, ” avoiding use of, 3.1, 3.2

Should to Good strategy

sickness, Power Middle thinking and

Simon, Herbert

single-tasking blocks

sleep

Stop, Drop, Gratitude practice

strategies

defined

in results system, 4.1, 4.2

See also GOOD Method; mindset practices

Striving Mindset

all-or-nothing thinking

comparisons

marketing messages and

perfectionism and

practicing gratitude and

recognizing your

shifting away from a, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2

systems

See also GOOD Method

task switching, decision-making and, 8.1, 8.2

team tiny changes

Third Way practice, 3.1, 10.1

This→That rules, 6.1, 6.2

thought patterns

gratitude

in Mindset Loop

neuroplasticity and

paying attention to your

Three Grateful Things practice, 3.1, 10.1

timer activities, 3.1, 3.2, 6.1, 8.1

to-do lists, 6.1, 10.1

toxic comparison

trade-offs, with decisions, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

Two Out of Three Rule

Velcro Effect

weight gain, 2.1, 3.1

willpower, intro.1, 1.1, 6.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4

working out. See exercise