3 Easy And Powerful Mindset Shifts To Overcome Loss Aversion (The Greatest Enemy To Productivity)

Let’s be honest; doing less is hard and brutal.

You have to sacrifice the activities you previously held close to yourself. Acknowledging that most of what you did for all these years was a waste. Getting rid of old habits, beliefs, and other attributes of our sacred identity feels like cutting limbs.

Not to mention the fears of social rejection, missing out, and not being in control.

We humans are naturally wired to avoid loss at all costs, instead of acquiring equivalent gains. In Thinking Fast And Slow (affiliate link), Daniel Kahneman proves we are ready to do almost anything to protect what we already have, even if it is bad for us.

But we can overcome it (even if it feels unnatural) with these three tips (that have helped me become hyperproductive):

1. Ask Yourself “If I did not do this, how much would I want to do it”

Imagine you went to bed and overnight, the particular thing and activity got canceled. When you wake up, you have two options. Either choose to do it or have extra free time.

This exercise removes the sunk cost bias and pride from the activity itself and gives…