How To Trick Your Brain Into Liking Hard Things

Start putting the phone down and picking wisdom up.


⏱ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
1:08 - Identifying the Root of the Problem
2:40 - What’s wrong with having too much dopamine?
4:32 - Cut All Social Media 1x per Week
8:01 - Consider the Costs of Inaction

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[TheArtofImprovement]

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[willm]

Just sitting through this entire video was hard. Its like my brain recoils from anything designed to disrupt the way it operates. I'm trying to study for a series of certifications I need to get this job I want but I feel like I'm too far gone. Not making much meaningful progress and by the time I pick it back up again, I've forgotten some of what I learned previously which is also discouraging. Immediate gratification always wins the day over achieving long term goals.

[mementomolly]

This channel is giving me the tough love I need.

[OlgaKuznetsova]

You're so right! I've noticed that I am sluggish and dull on days when I browse IG in the morning. And I get less accomplished on those days. I've been trying to relegate 30 minutes to browse IG in the evenings, but the great thing is that when it gets to that time, more often than not, I feel the drive to read a book or cook or solve a puzzle instead. I don't need another hit of dopamine!

[pandashazz]

Very helpful video, thank you. I especially liked the phrase ', Consider the cost of inaction', I've already written it down and am going to place it in a prominent location in my home to motivate me to do my exercises 😁

[rubyn]

My first challenge was closing the comments and watching the whole video without turning my attention somewhere else ☺️💖💖💖

[Circa]

So cut out the things that distract me from the banality of life, to do things i don't want to do. Gotcha. Didn't think it was any other way

[advancetotabletop]

1:45 : Back in the days of magazines, it was called the “Cosmo Effect”. Cosmopolitan, a women’s magazine, constantly sent out a message — a fake one — that the women in the magazine achieved more than you. Social media — and television — do this as well. The more of this you cut out (or selectively watch), the better off you will be. And keep that journal or tracker to remind yourself that you’re not doing badly, either! Thanks for the video!

[rebeccaoprea]

Technology dulls your senses . Anything else is boring in comparison.

[TheIllerX]

Regarding this subject, I can really recommend Andrew Hubermans channel/podcast here on Youtube.
He is a neurobiologist discussing the details of this. The videos are very long, but really informative if you have the time.

[rebeccaoprea]

One thing is to give yourself incentive as you’d do with anything else . I’ll do this before I get on this ….. delay the gratification.

[mdaamer]

One of the best video's in YouTube. The topics are highly related to our day to day life.

[ruevictorhugo]

Are there people who don’t get a dopamine rush from social media posts? When I get notifications about having new emails or Facebook posts, I often just feel annoyed. Maybe because most of them are from people I hardly know? And instagram? Yikes! Who wants those visual sound bites all the time? I hate instagram.

[Eric]

Good points. Given the choice of slogging through something difficult but meaningful, and enjoying something easy but ultimately meaningless, it's easy to do the latter. I need to cut off my easy, meaningless things (social media, games) so I can't turn to them.

[Trogdor]

This also works the other way around. I use IG to deliberately give myself dopamine hits when I am experiencing episodes of depression. It doesn't 'cure' me but it does make a measurable difference to my mood and help me recover without the use of anti-depressants. Great video, thank you.

[prettyzen]

i don't care about social media but I do care about my music. I think being aware of your self talk while doing (or thinking about) a task is crucial. If you say/feel constantly negative things then your going to avoid.

[lewiswallis]

Great advice, I quit social media and will never look back

[GBlunted]

Yoooo, this video diagnoses my current day to day 100%!! Wow... Nice to know it has a name, this feeling of mine, and that my situation has been worked on and thought through by someone else that understands the situation im in! 🙏🏽👍🏽

[Julia-xlpr]

I want to start from here, and train myself to join my favorite company that requires me to learn stats, cs, derivatives, mental math all at once. I’m comment again if I made this. Thank you for the inspiration!

[robinvictorino]

Summary:
The video discusses how to trick your brain into liking hard things. The speaker talks about feeling discouraged or frustrated when others talk about their productivity, while you struggle with simple tasks. The speaker suggests that the reason behind this could be the high dopamine tolerance level in your brain. Dopamine is what makes you desire things and boosts your mood, motivation, and attention. Social media addiction involves broken reward pathways in our brains. The video suggests strategies to balance out dopamine levels, such as cutting out all social media for one day a week, focusing on your breath, taking a break, and doing something creative. By using these strategies, you can trick your brain into liking hard things and become more productive.