How to Maximize Dopamine & Motivation - Andrew Huberman

Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., is a neuroscientist and tenured Professor in the Department of Neurobiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He has made numerous significant contributions to the fields of brain development, brain function and neural plasticity, which is the ability of our nervous system to rewire and learn new behaviors, skills and cognitive functioning.

Huberman is a McKnight Foundation and Pew Foundation Fellow and was awarded the Cogan Award in 2017, given to the scientist making the most significant discoveries in the study of vision. His lab’s most recent work focuses on the influence of vision and respiration on human performance and brain states such as fear and courage. He also works on neural regeneration and directs a clinical trial to promote visual restoration in diseases that cause blindness. Huberman is also actively involved in developing tools now in use by the elite military in the U.S. and Canada, athletes, and technology industries to optimize performance in high stress environments, enhance neural plasticity, mitigate stress, and optimize sleep.

Work from the Huberman Laboratory at Stanford School of Medicine has been published in top journals including Nature, Science, and Cell and has been featured in TIME, BBC, Scientific American, Discover, and other top media outlets.

In 2021, Dr. Huberman launched the Huberman Lab Podcast. The podcast is frequently ranked in the Top 25 of all podcasts globally and is often ranked #1 in the categories of Science, Education, and Health & Fitness.

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[ZaneGreenSA]

A close mentor once told me: "In life, you will experience pain, the pain of discipline or the pain of regret, it's your choice."

[mr.bnatural]

Every day I tell myself: What you do today is important, because you are exchanging a day of your life for it.

[coutureandsteel]

This should be taught in school. This is literally life saving in an era of absolute overstimulation. Incredible video. Best of fortune to you‼️

[Alex-srcm]

"Addiction is a progressive narrowing of things that bring you A very good and useful statement

[ReynaSingh]

Discipline is the greatest form of self love. You need to stop deceiving yourself to get better

[bobbyjames]

I LOVE this channel. I'm a counselor at a drug detox center and I play so many of these videos to get discussions going. Using this one tomorrow. You guys are a light onto the world. Thank you for what ya'll do.

[creolejazz]

“Pain evokes Dopamine AFTER the pain is over” OMG 😩 everything makes sense now !!! This was so informational ✨

[gsfriends]

I miss the year 2000. I was a freshly graduated millennial with hope for my future and ignorance that comes from just being young and new to adulthood. I had a VCR and a radio and speakers I was so proud to have hooked up to it all by myself. I popped in a VHS tape and just let it play in the background while I ACTUALLY DID THINGS LIKE CLEAN, COOK, THINK! The Internet was not a thing, cell phones to me came 4 years later, I had no distractions except the interesting and challenging but actually REAL life I would endure and learn from then later come to miss so badly because even though it was hard, it was productive in it's own way unlike my YouTube cell phone internet life today.

[MosesRabuka]

“Dopamine is not the molecule of pleasure it’s the molecule of motivation, desire and pursuit. The molecule of drive, non infinite yet renewable resource” ~ Andrew Übermensch

[thechancellor-]

To the *worthwhile person* seeing this, your dream is not dead. Don’t allow the past and current pains and hurts stop and define you. You’re more than a conqueror. Rise up and put yourself together. Keep pushing your future depends on it. I wish you all the best in life ❤️.

[tiffanysmith]

So grateful for this explanation. I've been that person with no motivation for a while now, getting worse in the past few years and at an all-time-low this past year. I was still looking at dopamine as a reward hit and not the pursuit of the reward. It really woke me up just knowing this difference and I feel excited to apply this knowledge and finally break myself out of this loop.

[elizabethwilliams]

Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.

[Flippokid]

This is why I find fitness so good, after decades of not even considering it worth my effort; because I finally have to work for my dopamine. And now that I have that thing that makes me motivated, it becomes a lot easier to self regulate.

[gavinspeaks]

Remember that you’re amazing! Your parents, your ex’s, toxic people etc. Don’t make them become you. You must let go of what they have done. You must move on from what they did. Don’t carry the poison of hurt expecting your life to change. One must heal, forgive and let go to make SPACE for a new life.

~Much Love from a Law of Attraction YouTuber💜

[zachjones]

This has changed my life. He was so right about knowledge of knowledge — being aware of how one’s indulgence in overstimulation is responsible for their motivation and mood allows for simple intervention. Andrew sharing his message is saving the human race

[Psyched.Substance]

This was really good. I loved everything he said and your art references were spectacular. Thank you.

[tmoonjumpr]

I needed this video so much at this moment in time. I read and watch tons, but this clicked for me as a needed wake-up call where nothing else quite worked to break through for me. Huge thanks 👍🏼☀️👑

[monicameza]

I love this short video. Very valuable for those of us on the Go. I hope to see more of these from Andrew Huberman. I don’t always have time to listen to all of episodes on his podcast that can run up to 2 hours. When I can I will listen, but this here is perfect!! Thank you!

[DonSonny]

Heaviest G-Check I have gotten in a long time.
Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. Gave me a new perspective, made me feel like a piece of shit, and forced me to take on the discomforts of reality, instead of finding ways of distracting myself through small releases of dopamine.
Thank you, old sport

[puzzLEGO]

this is exactly why when you actually start to get into a task that's hard you can keep going. its the motivation do start doing the thing that's hard.