You're Destroying Your Mind - How to Control Dopamine

Dopamine has been something I've wanted to learn more about for a few years, so in this video I share everything I learned from a recent deep dive into the topic. Hopefully it'll help you better manage your dopamine to be both happier and more productive. Enjoy!

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If we haven’t met before - Hey 👋 I’m Ali, a doctor-turned-entrepreneur and I’ve somehow become the world’s most followed productivity expert. Through my videos here on this channel, my podcast Deep Dive and writing, I share evidence-based strategies and tools to help you be more productive and build a life you love.

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⌚️Timestamps:
0:00 - Why are we talking about dopamine?
1:28 - Part 1: What is dopamine?
8:01 - Part 2: How to control your dopamine
11:49 - Part 3: 4 strategies for controlling your dopamine

[elizabethwilliams]

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

[chazlyle]

Funny how we laugh as a society at people who live simple lives without all of the sugar and caffeine and screens and fast food, etc. and they’re the only ones who are truly happy and purposeful in life haha :)

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All the PRACTICAL Advice from the video (To save your time) :

1) Try to experience "PAIN" before the "PLEASURE" AND NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND

2) AVOIDANCE (or "Dopamine Detoxxing") OF DOPAMINE-INDUCING-ACTIVITIES = GOOD. Takes 4 weeks

3) Create Barriers to those Dopamine-Inducing Activities so that you don't do them and to create friction.

4) Boredom is good. Resets dopamine and unleashes creativity.

[lloyddodgen]

An interesting follow up to this video would be about people wuth ADHD and how they could leverage these systems

[Moinul.thehappynerd]

Viewer from Bangladesh here.
I watch almost all your videos Ali. I must say, your videos on productivity and business has changed how I see life in general. I started my freelance content writing business 4 years ago and it has been a success so far. Now I am planning to build a youtube channel like yours as well ; all that while being a doctor just like you!

You have been an inspiration and videos like this always gives me a boost! Hopefully we can meet someday.

[thegreen_sommelier]

I wish there were more teachers like you in this world. I absolutely love what you do, and I am so thankful! You make this planet a better place every day :) Thank you for that!

[aaronbong]

I like how you always draw a drop whenever you have a spike on the phasic transmission. It really shows that each time you have a spike, you will feel a drop in your "mood" and that's okay. Thank you for the great video as always, Ali!

[healthfirstfreelancer]

This is the best non-guilt inducing video on dopamine (detox) i’ve seen, Ali! I noticed a couple weeks ago that I was really in this addictive cycle of watching YouTube videos for hours in the morning, and then I’d have no energy/motivation to work on my business. It’s been powerful to put limits around that dopamine cycle by reinstating a good morning routine and setting rules for myself around what I can and can’t watch in the morning before work. And now I’m working on my own YouTube channel instead, which is what I actually want! Thanks for sharing.

[emmasibrian]

Thank you, Ali. You are doing a change in many people's lives. I don't want you to hear this in your obituary rather than now that you are alive, thank you!. ❤

[VgotC]

After lots of videos on dopamine, Ali made it simple and doable.

[maanasvimahajan]

his video production and editing ideas just keep getting better and better

[ybelukp]

I have been watching lots of your videos lately and literally YESTERDAY I said to my family that I need to reset my mind (those were my actually words) because I have watched too much tiktok and just shortform content is general, I can't even sit through a movie or go a moment without wanting to be on my phone... and now you upload this WILD!!!

[Caryn-Brooks]

your explanation was so clear! Really appreciate the way you present.

My grandpa used to say on the topic: “choose your crutches wisely”- for sure he didn’t know about dopamine and yet the way he did with a different vocabulary.

[-nupurbhardwajf]

THANKYOUUU SOOO MUCHHH ALIIII, FOR HELPING US SO MUCHH, PLEASE MAKE MORE STUDENT CENTRIC VIDEOSS ❤❤❤

[CalebHartEngineering]

Great video Ali! Currently in the process of being more conscientious with my activities. I can't even begin to say how much you and your channel have helped. Thank you.

[PetDKK]

Huge respect for all the work you and your team goes through to deliver such great videos!

[buba_Dukz]

I’ve learned much from you Ali and I’m soooo thankful for that. Alhamdullilah 🙌🏾

[idrismoura]

I hear you talk about how you now will focus more on enjoyment than quality, and I only see the quality improve even more, this is probably the best video on dopamine on youtube, thank you for this video!

[MrFinancialWellness]

This is the best video I have watched this year.. Thanks Ali.. I signed up for all the programs

[gladiator]

Amazing video Ali. Very well crafted. 👏