If you take a frog near a bowl of water which is at boiling temperature, it flees off. It won't come even near to it.
But if you place the same frog in a bowl of water at a room temperature and starts boiling on slow flame. It won't come out. It starts adapting to its surroundings and finally it dies.
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In professor's words: "...And so, imagine that everyday I consume 100 calories more than I expend. Will I look fatter the next day? Of course not. Not even the day after or the week after. Will I?
But if you saw me after an year, you’d notice that I have gained some weight. And if you saw me after 3 years, you’ll notice that I am obese. But if you saw me every day, you won’t notice that I gone from being fit to being obese in 3 years.......
I can assure you that there is no truth whatever in this story, but the human equivalent of the boiling frog is there in all of us. Cognition, misled by tiny changes involving low contrast, will often miss a trend that is destiny.
But this is all negative way of seeing this. There is a positive way too. Consider yourself as a Frog and you can manipulate yourself with this effect.
Suppose you want to have a habit, a good habit for example reading books. Start with tiny little increments, first week you will read few pages. And next you'll read some more, and next some more. I hope you are getting the powerful idea behind this.
“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with the first step.”
“When you improve a little each day, eventually big things occur. When you improve conditioning a little each day; eventually you have a big improvement in conditioning. Not tomorrow, not the next day; but eventually a big gain is made. Don’t look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at a time. That’s the only way it happens-and when it happens, it lasts.” -John Wooden, one of the most successful coaches in the history of college basketball
All changes, even positive ones, are scary. Attempts to reach goals through radical or revolutionary means often fail because they heighten fear. But the small steps disarm the brain’s fear response, stimulating rational thought and creative play.
But if you place the same frog in a bowl of water at a room temperature and starts boiling on slow flame. It won't come out. It starts adapting to its surroundings and finally it dies.
Watch this video:Link
In professor's words: "...And so, imagine that everyday I consume 100 calories more than I expend. Will I look fatter the next day? Of course not. Not even the day after or the week after. Will I?
But if you saw me after an year, you’d notice that I have gained some weight. And if you saw me after 3 years, you’ll notice that I am obese. But if you saw me every day, you won’t notice that I gone from being fit to being obese in 3 years.......
I can assure you that there is no truth whatever in this story, but the human equivalent of the boiling frog is there in all of us. Cognition, misled by tiny changes involving low contrast, will often miss a trend that is destiny.
But this is all negative way of seeing this. There is a positive way too. Consider yourself as a Frog and you can manipulate yourself with this effect.
Suppose you want to have a habit, a good habit for example reading books. Start with tiny little increments, first week you will read few pages. And next you'll read some more, and next some more. I hope you are getting the powerful idea behind this.
“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with the first step.”
“When you improve a little each day, eventually big things occur. When you improve conditioning a little each day; eventually you have a big improvement in conditioning. Not tomorrow, not the next day; but eventually a big gain is made. Don’t look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at a time. That’s the only way it happens-and when it happens, it lasts.” -John Wooden, one of the most successful coaches in the history of college basketball
All changes, even positive ones, are scary. Attempts to reach goals through radical or revolutionary means often fail because they heighten fear. But the small steps disarm the brain’s fear response, stimulating rational thought and creative play.
