TodayZ Lesson

Read these two books to understand how Dopamine works. And what’s dopamine? This is the chemical / biological explanation of how motivation, drive and focus work in the human body. Book, The Molecule of More, by Daniel Lieberman. Book, Dopamine Nation, Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence, by Dr Anna Lembke. Those two books were recommended by the neuroscientist  Andrew Huberman in this podcast episode during the School of Greatness show: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5uCggMlJo2URKqYsNE9RNr?si=f6DJbrx4RcmxsIngnGiZog

Yes, that moment in which your level of focus is high and you accomplish more things?  What activities do you do during that pick time? Are those the activities that are most important for you? No?  Why would you use your most productive time of the day in things that are not the most important for your personal project?

You get to learn all the time, do experiments and at the end of the day you are the direct beneficiary of those efforts, not a company, not the state, YOURSELF, plus the better person you become the better impact you can have on others.  How to start / continue that self discovery journey?

How did you feel about yourself after completing a work out? Finishing a project? Buying a gift for your mom? Writing a poem? Dancing? Programming? Finishing a book? When was the last time you felt well about yourself after scrolling on social media for 5, 10, 30 minutes? “Doing hard things give us self respect” and confidence I would add there (Lewis Howes, the school of greatness, book).

My brain 🧠  The more we work on strengthening our intelligences the more valuable it becomes. The more able it is to understand one’s environment, conditions and opportunities SUITABLE for one self.