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866 - Hack your motivation

Tiny Leaps, Big Changes

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Dopamine and Motivation

In the beginning of a new behavior, often extrinsic motivation is what you need to rely on. This might be potential for a promotion at work or potential for some kind of reward for the actual action. We pursue the reward so that we can get that dopamine release. But in order to start pursuing it, we need to also release dopamine. anticipation becomes an important tool for us to drive more motivation.

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