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#52 Hacking Your Reward System

Minding the Brain

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You Just Don't Snap Your Rubber Band

Isaw: Some people punish themselves by snapping a rubber band around their wrist when they engage in some behavior that they want to eliminate. He says the act of punishing yourself is punished every time do it, and sooner or later you just stop doing it. Isaw: Punishing yourself might work if you can get someone else to punish you,. But then you're going to have to either pay somebody to do it, or your going to get a friend to do it.

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