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The Daily Stat: Reaffirming Your Core Values Helps You Perform Better

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JANUARY 30, 2013
Reaffirming Your Core Values Helps You Perform Better
People who thought deeply about their most important personal values committed 44% fewer errors in a button-pushing task than others, says a team led by Lisa Legault of Clarkson University. Self-affirmation appears to alert people to their mistakes, allowing them to improve performance. Past research has shown that self-affirmation also offsets the ill effects of mental depletion and boosts self-control.
Source: Preserving Integrity in the Face of Performance Threat: Self-Affirmation Enhances Neurophysiological Responsiveness to Errors
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