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Motivation is Perishable | Ep. 52

Amplified Impact with Anthony Vicino

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Dopamine - The Real Problem

We have a way of tricking our system into releasing the dopamine prematurely. And so we're being rewarded before we do the hard work, which then makes the hard work seem like what's the point? Like I've already gotten the reward. But you haven't got the reward in the sense that nothing has fundamentally changed. You haven't achieved the thing. So your reality hasn't changed. You've just created this artificial dopamine system,. A feedback loop where you feel good in a short period of time, but your life is not actually any better.

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