What is WOOP?

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Zusammenfassung

TLDRThe video critiques the effectiveness of positive thinking, revealing that it can hinder performance in various areas. It introduces the WOOP method, which combines envisioning a desired future with acknowledging obstacles and planning to overcome them. Research shows that WOOP leads to significant improvements in performance, motivation, and well-being across different demographics and life domains. The method is simple, low-cost, and encourages individuals to reflect on what holds them back from achieving their goals.

Mitbringsel

  • 🚫 Positive thinking can hinder performance.
  • 🌟 WOOP stands for Wish, Outcome, Obstacles, and Plan.
  • 📝 Acknowledge obstacles to improve goal achievement.
  • 📈 WOOP leads to measurable increases in energy and performance.
  • 🍏 Users of WOOP eat healthier and lose weight.
  • 🎓 Students using WOOP perform better academically.
  • 🤝 WOOP improves relationships and negotiation skills.
  • 💡 WOOP is low-cost and easy to apply.
  • 🌍 Applicable across different life domains and demographics.
  • ❓ Ask yourself what holds you back from your wishes.

Zeitleiste

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    The video discusses the ineffectiveness of positive thinking, highlighting research that shows it can lead to fewer job offers, unsuccessful romantic relationships, poor recovery from surgery, and minimal weight loss. Instead of solely envisioning a positive future, the video introduces the WOOP method, which combines positive visualization with acknowledging obstacles and planning to overcome them. This four-step process—Wish, Outcome, Obstacles, Plan—has been shown to enhance performance and well-being. Studies demonstrate that students and women who used WOOP performed better academically and made healthier dietary choices. WOOP is presented as a low-cost, easy-to-use method that can improve motivation and decision-making across various life domains.

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Video-Fragen und Antworten

  • What is the WOOP method?

    WOOP stands for Wish, Outcome, Obstacles, and Plan, a method to help individuals achieve their goals by acknowledging challenges and strategizing.

  • How does positive thinking affect performance?

    Research indicates that positive thinking can lead to decreased performance in various areas, such as job offers and weight loss.

  • What are the benefits of using WOOP?

    Using WOOP can lead to improved performance in academics, health, and relationships, as well as increased motivation.

  • Is WOOP easy to use?

    Yes, WOOP is low-cost, easy to use, and applicable across different life domains.

  • Where can I find more information about WOOP?

    More information can be found at woopmylife.org.

  • What are the four steps of WOOP?

    The four steps are Wish, Outcome, Obstacles, and Plan.

  • Can WOOP be applied to different demographics?

    Yes, WOOP can be applied across various demographics.

  • What kind of results have been seen from using WOOP?

    Results include better grades, weight loss, improved relationships, and successful negotiations.

  • How does WOOP help with motivation?

    WOOP automates cognition, emotion, and behavior, triggering motivational intelligence.

  • What question does WOOP encourage individuals to ask themselves?

    WOOP encourages individuals to ask, 'What is it that holds you back from fulfilling your wish?'.

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    We’re often told to “think positive” and rid ourselves of harmful “negative self-talk”.
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    However, research has shown that positive thinking doesn’t work nearly as well as we’re told.
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    The more students positively envisioned themselves getting a job,
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    the fewer job offers they received.
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    The more college students envisioned successfully starting a romantic relationship,
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    the less likely they got together with their “crushee”.
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    The more hip replacement surgery patients imagined themselves having a smooth recovery,
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    the less they were able to move their new joint.
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    And the more positive overweight people’s fantasies about their success in losing weight was,
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    the fewer pounds they lost.
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    Over 20 years our research has revealed that just dreaming about a positive future:
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    saps energy needed to reach the positive future
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    predicts low physical and mental health
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    and predicts diminished well-being and poor personal development.
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    But, we can perform better
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    if we combine the pleasurable task of envisioning the desired future with additional steps:
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    acknowledging the obstacles we need to surmount
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    and planning exactly how we will overcome these obstacles.
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    As an approach to behavior modification,
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    this conscious four-step procedure,
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    specifying a Wish,
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    specifying and imagining the best Outcome,
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    specifying and imagining the Obstacles within ourselves,
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    and forming a Plan
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    strengthens mental associations in our minds, without our awareness,
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    predicting measurable increases in energy,
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    and in turn, better performance.
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    We call this method WOOP.
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    To test WOOP,
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    we gave a group of high school students preparing to take an important standardized test
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    a short exercise incorporating WOOP,
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    while a second group received a placebo.
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    Students exposed to WOOP
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    completed over 60% more practice questions than participants in the control group.
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    In another study,
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    we gave one group of middle-aged women
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    information about the benefits of a healthy diet
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    and another group the same information plus WOOP.
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    For a period of up to two years the women who were taught WOOP,
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    ate more fruits and vegetables than those in the information only group.
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    Other intervention studies
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    have shown that people who use this method
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    are losing weight,
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    getting better grades,
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    become successful negotiators,
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    and improve their relationships.
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    The magic of WOOP
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    is that by automating cognition, emotion, and behavior
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    it triggers people to become motivationally intelligent.
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    It is:
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    low cost,
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    easy to use,
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    and can be applied to different life-domains
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    and across demographics.
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    By learning and applying WOOP,
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    you will come away more motivated and skilled than ever
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    to make clear decisions,
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    take action,
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    connect with others,
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    and engage with the world.
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    All from a simple, but awakening question:
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    What is it that holds you back from fulfilling your wish?
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    For more information visit woopmylife.org
Tags
  • WOOP
  • positive thinking
  • goal achievement
  • motivation
  • behavior modification
  • health
  • relationships
  • academic performance
  • self-improvement
  • obstacles