I Tried to Rewire My Brain to Enjoy Hard Work

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Have a great week guys! Cheers.

[christophermiller]

Should have done the treadmill test at the start of the 30 days and compared against yourself.

[MDobri-syce]

Poor Cam looks dead tired but at least you gave it all you had. I try and cut back on small rewards consistently that has helped me. Also, I try and remember what my mom and grandpa told me growing up. “You don’t need a reward for every little thing. Sometimes having the job done is the reward.”

[hendrik]

Having watched a couple of your videos it feels like there is a common structure to the challenges:
Initial motivation, setback, rethinking, pushing through with renewed energy, goal reached (or almost reached).
Not sure if thats on purpose (since it makes a good story) or just inherent to these challenges. But it might be interesting to approach new challenges with this meta pattern in mind to make them more efficient.

[PC]

This channel is a wonderful way to encourage yourself to improve

[notdeadyet]

I love this so much! Hard things are...freaking hard! I feel like I can be resilient is small snips of time, but otherwise, forget it-I want to scroll my phone, lay on the couch and just eat stuff. This helps me to know that I CAN change it, I CAN become more focused. Thank you for your content!

[buxxburner]

I really really appreciate all your work you put into your videos! And you show all the downsides, the struggle and the failure. And how to deal with it. Thats the most important part.
Way more valuable than all the other shiny glitter (fake) everything-is-good and works straight away postings in social media.

Keep up the great work! 🙇🏻‍♂🙏🏻

[PheseantNetsuke]

The storytelling on those challenges is amazing

[fenixsyrell]

Really appreciate your insights and science based approach to self improvement. I've always enjoyed your videos and this one dropped at a time where i really could use a motivational shakedown. I'll be giving this a go for sure. Thanks!

[Deaconblues]

What are the studies referenced? Please include in video description for those who look for more than “studies show…”

[JadesFitnessBucketList]

hmm....I am the ultimate lazy person, nothing motivates me apart from movement.

I have completed Ultramarathons, if i have a fitness goal i smash it no matter how hard or long it takes me (eg X amount of pull ups, handstands, learning to backflip)...just anything movement related. Running hard and fast on a treadmill sounds like a dream to me not torture...

BUT i hate doing any hard things that dont involve movement, ie. studying for an exam, sleeping more, excelling to get a promotion in my career (i work in tech), eating less ( i have never been able to diet, and still couldnt even if you told me eating the way i did could kill me), making YT videos for my own channel sometimes!, even if its going to help future me, nothing will motivate me. I have succeeded in other areas of my life, but through pure serendipity/luck. For example, ill read a book out of curiosity for its content, but as soon as im told i have to read it to smash X goal, i will do it but hate doing that thing that i now deem as hard.

[philu]

A study that predicts your future success by measuring how long you can run….or it can also assess your cardio fitness.

That’s the type of study that you would expect in Cosmo magazine, along with “studies” regarding astrology.

[bismarchiavelli]

Resilience is my biggest problem. Thank you for making this.

[Lemure]

His fall is literally why you're supposed to use the safety cord on the machine.
It stops the machine and prevents further injuries

[cindyy]

Please give us an update in a year on how you’re doing/if you learned anything more on your journey to do hard work!

[eFLASHMASTER]

The editing on your latest videos is wild.

[ConnectionKiller]

Great Video as always! Watching your gradual improvement is really motivating. I would like to see how well these habits stick a few months from now.

[AmoralGremlin]

The reason hard work feels good is because of the actual labor of it. The movement produces NT that are the rewards. It's very hard to find the healthy reward while being productive and entertaining the mind. It's why listening to music while working helps a lot and also even why some people can listen to audio books or podcasts while working, even in data roles. I've been working on my neuroplasticity since I was 15, now 31. ^.^ study study study

[RaphaelaEdelbauer]

I noticed that the storytelling on all videos starts to be a bit monotonous: the sad music at exactly 50%, the almost-failure followed by a motivational thought, then upbeat music and almost doing it in the end. Maybe a different edit would be good from time to time.

[seanrawlinson]

Hey matey, have you ever considered that you may have ADHD?

It affects your ability to perform tasks which don’t have a reward in the immediate or short term. It also affects your focus, attention span, etc.

[DaChocapic]

Not sure I understand the treadmill test. It seems like it would just measure how fit you are ? Someone used to running regularly might do it easily ?