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> Once you train your dopamine cycle, you will feel more rewarded by things that move you toward your higher level goals. And you won't experience as strong of
by Swizec 4y ago
> Once you train your dopamine cycle, you will feel more rewarded by things that move you toward your higher level goals. And you won't experience as strong of cravings.
But don’t neglect the Passion Paradox (great book).
High motivation for a higher goal can be a trap. You still get tired. Now you have a situation where you are highly motivated with no gas in the tank. Because there’s no energy to do the thing, but lots of motivation, the motivation starts looking for distraction. You find yourself doing and getting nowt done.
It is difficult in those moments to realize what’s happening and stop. The correct action is to walk away and rest. But you’re full of motivation! You want to stay and do.
Rest doesn’t hit the dopamine rewards. So you don’t. And then you spiral into more and more busywork. A waste.
- couchand 4y agothanks for the vocab word! "nowt", from "naught", meaning "nothing" (clear enough from context...)