How To Trick Your Brain Into Liking Hard Things

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0:00 - Intro
1:08 - Identifying the Root of the Problem
2:40 - What’s wrong with having too much dopamine?
4:32 - Cut All Social Media 1x per Week
8:01 - Consider the Costs of Inaction

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🔗 ADDITIONAL LINKS & RESOURCES
How to Stop Being Busy and Start Being Productive: https://medium.com/mind-cafe/how-to-stop-being-busy-and-start-being-productive-9f0f5dba9333
How to Become a ‘Superager’: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/31/opinion/sunday/how-to-become-a-superager.html
Challenge your mind and body to sharpen your thinking skills: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/challenge-your-mind-and-body-to-sharpen-your-thinking-skills-201510298507#:~:text=It%20appears%20that%20challenging%20our,Papp.
Dopamine: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/dopamine
Motivation: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/motivation
Attention: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/attention
Homeostasis: https://www.khanacademy.org/science/high-school-biology/hs-human-body-systems/hs-body-structure-and-homeostasis/a/homeostasis#:~:text=The%20tendency%20to%20maintain%20a,and%20the%20concentration%20of%20glucose.
How Does Dopamine Affect the Body?: https://www.healthline.com/health/dopamine-effects
Understanding the Difference Between Obsessions and Compulsions: https://www.healthline.com/health/obsession-vs-compulsion
Dopamine, Smartphones & You: A battle for your time: https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2018/dopamine-smartphones-battle-time/
This is Your Brain on Instagram: https://now.northropgrumman.com/this-is-your-brain-on-instagram-effects-of-social-media-on-the-brain/
Ana Sofia Batista: https://www.lifehack.org/author/ana-sofia-batista
How To Motivate Yourself Every Single Day: https://medium.com/mind-cafe/how-to-motivate-yourself-every-single-day-66c11209e23f

✍️ This was initially published as an article on Medium.com by Dayana Sabatin: https://medium.com/mind-cafe/how-to-trick-your-brain-into-liking-hard-things-f305430b3a7f

✍️ Author: Dayana Sabatin | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNfFNfl7GqGLqP4-i9M-Slg | http://dinreallife.com/

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