The best schedule for maintaining motivation over time is called random intermittent reinforcement. If you're not expecting a reward, you get more dopamine. Dopamine isn't about pleasure; it's about the anticipation of pleasure. Don't build yourself up to be so incredible that if you don't experience it as experienced by others, then you are going to sink lower than otherwise.
Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., is a neuroscientist and tenured Professor in the Department of Neurobiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He has made numerous significant contributions to the fields of brain development, brain function and neural plasticity, which is the ability of our nervous system to rewire and learn new behaviors, skills and cognitive functioning.
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