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798 - How Dopamine Works

Tiny Leaps, Big Changes

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How to Build Anticipation Around the Reward of Flossing

"I never felt that motivated to floss. So when i decided to sit down and just think about the reward that clean mouth feeling, it allowed me to start anticipating that reward," he says. If we know that dopomine is released in anticipation, then doing something as simple as shifting the behaviour to one that we enjoy more can therefore look forward to something like dance fitness instead of weight lifting for example.

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