identity-based motivation theory
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McDonald: Brain blocks imagining goals outside one's current identity
“Our brain actually only allows us to dream up and imagine things that are congruent with our current identity, and so we tell people, dream big, you know, be delusional, but if their identity does not align with that, their brains won't even allow them to come…”