I'm sure all of us wonder how we can be more productive, more motivated to get shit done, and more inclined towards spending time on business ventures.
I personally go through periods of extreme motivation and periods of 0 motivation to do anything productive. Sometimes it seems like I am crazy for not working on my business and my inner voice screams to work but I just don't on certain days.
There is actually a reason for this, you aren't crazy.
After reading through @ChrisV post on dopamine release I dug a little bit deeper and am convinced that this is a disparity between people on this forum. If there ever was a secret to working hard and success I think this is it as I have noticed small periods in my life that validate this. I would love to compare the behavior of successful people and non and I would bet that dopamine release (or too much dopamine) played a huge factor as it is such a sabotage on our brains. All those phone checks, late night snacks, video games, and frankly unearned dopamine hits are essentially putting us in a place of not being able to focus on tasks that are ultimately fulfilling.
I'm by no means the first person to think of this but for some reason it just clicked, I don't think people realize how badly our world is geared towards getting you addicted to shit. It is extremely subtle and super effective... kinda scary if you think about it especially with smart phones.
Also in extreme cases (drug use), and animal tests, mammals would rather NOT eat than get a hit of their desired dopamine... super chilling.
Either way I'm convinced, this over abundance of dopamine hits is happening to all of us to a certain extent of varying degrees. In some cases it is the reason why you can't focus and others can. Why you can't seem to be interested in something even though you know it is ultimately fulfilling. Why you would love to achieve success but lack the focus and will to get it done.
I would love to hear others thoughts on this, and thanks to @ChrisV for opening my eyes to it. Powerful shit.
Check out the video below, it explains this in 14 minutes, just may save your damn life.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QiE-M1LrZk
I personally go through periods of extreme motivation and periods of 0 motivation to do anything productive. Sometimes it seems like I am crazy for not working on my business and my inner voice screams to work but I just don't on certain days.
There is actually a reason for this, you aren't crazy.
After reading through @ChrisV post on dopamine release I dug a little bit deeper and am convinced that this is a disparity between people on this forum. If there ever was a secret to working hard and success I think this is it as I have noticed small periods in my life that validate this. I would love to compare the behavior of successful people and non and I would bet that dopamine release (or too much dopamine) played a huge factor as it is such a sabotage on our brains. All those phone checks, late night snacks, video games, and frankly unearned dopamine hits are essentially putting us in a place of not being able to focus on tasks that are ultimately fulfilling.
I'm by no means the first person to think of this but for some reason it just clicked, I don't think people realize how badly our world is geared towards getting you addicted to shit. It is extremely subtle and super effective... kinda scary if you think about it especially with smart phones.
Also in extreme cases (drug use), and animal tests, mammals would rather NOT eat than get a hit of their desired dopamine... super chilling.
Either way I'm convinced, this over abundance of dopamine hits is happening to all of us to a certain extent of varying degrees. In some cases it is the reason why you can't focus and others can. Why you can't seem to be interested in something even though you know it is ultimately fulfilling. Why you would love to achieve success but lack the focus and will to get it done.
I would love to hear others thoughts on this, and thanks to @ChrisV for opening my eyes to it. Powerful shit.
Check out the video below, it explains this in 14 minutes, just may save your damn life.
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