DRVN Podcast How To Hack Dopamine To Get Addicted To Hard Work
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Jul 27, 2024 Discover how to harness dopamine to transform your work ethic! Explore ten strategies that turn challenging tasks into engaging games. Learn about the truth behind dopamine, why celebrating effort trumps focusing only on outcomes, and techniques like Random Intermittent Reward Timing. Delve into the importance of clarity, gamification, and embracing discomfort as a path to success. This entertaining discussion provides insightful tips to boost motivation and make hard work addictive!
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Dopamine's Role
- Dopamine motivates pursuit and craving, not blissful satisfaction.
- It signals the brain to repeat linked behaviors, creating addiction.
Dopamine Management
- Manage dopamine with the wave pool analogy: baseline, waves, and troughs.
- Avoid big dopamine spikes and crashes; they decrease your baseline.
RIRT for Motivation
- Use Random Intermittent Reward Timing (RIRT) to celebrate wins randomly.
- This powerful technique keeps you motivated, mimicking casino strategies.