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if you want to boost your confidence by eliminating the root causes of your destruction then watch this video
if you want to boost your confidence by eliminating the root causes of your destruction then watch this video
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00:00Video gamers burn thousands of calories playing championships,
00:03their heart rate beating at the pace of professional athletes in the field.
00:07Chess grandmasters use up enormous amounts of energy playing tournaments,
00:11but as described from their own mouths, it feels effortless to them.
00:14Have you ever wondered why you crave using TikTok and playing video games,
00:18and on the other hand, are not willing to put the same effort into something
00:21that could potentially change your entire life?
00:23Work?
00:24What if you could make doing work exactly like playing video games?
00:28Using energy but feeling effortless.
00:30There's a part in our brain that makes activities feel stimulating and effortless,
00:34just like it does with video games and scrolling.
00:37You just need to learn how to use that for hard work, and I'm going to show you how.
00:41And I'm even going to give you not one, but multiple ways to do that.
00:45The first step to unlocking that monster-level motivation is to eliminate all the blockers.
00:50Before I explain what I mean by this, imagine this.
00:54You are a rat with a goal to reach the top of the mountain to achieve that big outcome.
00:58You begin your journey on the straightforward path to the top.
01:01Easy, right?
01:03But what if, on your way, there are plates of cheese at every step you take?
01:07The very thing you crave.
01:09Imagine what will happen inside the brain of that rat.
01:12He'll face a massive dilemma between staying focused on reaching the top
01:16and giving in to the temptation of the cheese.
01:19As he progresses through his challenging path, starved of dopamine,
01:23the temptation of giving in only increases as he anticipates the pleasure that will come from taking a bite,
01:29forgetting little by little that one bite could decrease his stamina to a point
01:33where it potentially could be the reason he doesn't reach his goal.
01:36If that feels relatable, this is exactly what drains your energy to work more and stay motivated.
01:42It's filled with dopamine that distracts us from our initial target,
01:46and every time you take a bite, you slow down and fall behind.
01:50In a research experiment, experimenters took two individuals
01:54and put them into separate rooms to complete the same task.
01:57They let subject number one do his work in full focus, blocking all interruptions that may occur.
02:03For subject two, while all other conditions were the same,
02:06they made him switch from his initial task A to task B.
02:10Later, what they found out was surprising.
02:12That simple act of task switching made subject two four times slower than subject one.
02:18Distractions are the biggest blockers of motivation and workflow,
02:21and your first step is to eliminate all the blockers.
02:25Think of those video gamers burning thousands of calories playing tournaments,
02:29and they don't even notice the effort they put in.
02:31They're just addicted to their work.
02:33It's not just because they're playing video games,
02:35but they're using a specific type of motivation from a different source.
02:39People who were able to tap into it, people who work harder than any of us,
02:43like professional athletes, speakers, and even one of the most hardworking celebrities, Mr. Beast,
02:48describe having the same feeling as video gamers.
02:51They don't notice how the time passes by.
02:53They just love doing the thing.
02:55They're addicted.
02:56How is a person, no different than you,
02:58able to get addicted to their work that feels so hard to you?
03:01Can you also get addicted to your work just like them?
03:04Let me explain what it takes to get addicted to your work just like scrolling.
03:08Experts looked closely at these winners
03:10and found that the source from which the winners were pulling their motivation is different from normal people.
03:15There are two types of motivation, extrinsic and intrinsic.
03:18Extrinsic motivation is when we are motivated to achieve an outcome.
03:22This is where all normal people get their motivation from.
03:25They want the outcome.
03:26Intrinsic motivation, on the other hand, means you're motivated to do the process.
03:31It's like listening to a song to enjoy the song, not just to finish it.
03:35The most powerful way to tap into it is by simply changing your goals.
03:39So it's not about achieving an outcome, but becoming the type of person who could achieve that outcome.
03:44So when things get harder and there's no hope, you won't give up.
03:47Because if the point is to become that type of person, then the harder it is, the better you can build him.
03:53Now let's look at the science of getting motivated.
03:55Science tells us that we are wired to seek activities that give us pleasure.
03:59It is deeply ingrained in our neural circuitry.
04:02This strong craving for pleasure is driven by a neurotransmitter in our brain called dopamine.
04:07To understand why we're motivated to use TikTok so much rather than work and how to make working as pleasurable as TikTok,
04:13it's essential to understand that the release of dopamine is one of the powerful motivators for changing behaviors.
04:18Imagine you're scrolling on TikTok.
04:20Dopamine is released in your brain and you experience pleasure.
04:24Now your brain associates using TikTok with those good feelings and wants to relive them again and again.
04:30As a result, it craves TikTok.
04:32Then, every time you use TikTok and experience satisfaction, the reinforcement of that behavior only strengthens, making you addicted to it.
04:40Scary, right?
04:42But what if we can flip the table and make doing work just like TikTok?
04:46This is how you hack your dopamine supply to get motivated.
04:49We're constantly pursuing highly stimulating activities due to the nucleus accumbens in our brain.
04:54So when you starve your brain of dopamine by sitting in your room doing nothing,
04:58it will crave getting back to work.
05:00Because now, working suddenly becomes more stimulating than just sitting in a room.
05:04You have to decrease the bar of what's stimulating to you.
05:07Nowadays, it's so hard for people to feel satisfied.
05:10They're quick to reach for their phone and experience those quick hits of dopamine.
05:14The amount of stimulation it takes for them to feel satisfied only increases.
05:18In this state, working will never motivate them.
05:21But if you can lower the bar by being constantly bored, by staring at a blank wall, meditating, and not using your phone, working will suddenly feel stimulating to you.
05:30Here's how a simple adjustment made thousands of people motivated to act productively and how you can use it to feel motivated.
05:37In a hospital, they noticed that the patient's health was deteriorating at a massive rate due to their bad eating habits.
05:43No matter how much they'd been warned about the fatal consequences, their eating habits didn't improve.
05:48Then, an experienced doctor took charge of the matter.
05:51She and her colleagues designed the hospital cafeteria in a way to alter the patient's food choices.
05:56Originally, the cafe was filled with soda, so they also added water as an option there.
06:01Additionally, they placed baskets of water throughout the room.
06:05Now, water was more convenient and easy to grab.
06:08The result was quick, and they noticed that over three months, the soda sales decreased by 11% and water bottle sales increased by 25%.
06:16They also made some similar changes with food and saw similar results.
06:20Think of how powerful it is.
06:22They were able to change the behavior of thousands of patients without bringing the slightest change in their motivation.
06:28Your environment changes your behavior more effectively than motivation does.
06:32Because if I hold a gun to your head and ask you to work, you'd be motivated to work your ass off.
06:37So you just need to create an optimal environment to get the most work done.
06:41According to experts, if you want to make yourself act in a certain way, change what you see.
06:46A small shift in what you see can lead to a big shift in what you do.
06:50So you keep your phone away from your eyes.
06:52You procrastinate less.
06:54You keep that book always in front of you.
06:56You read more.
06:57Almost 80% of our sensory receptors are used on vision, so no wonder it's true.
07:02How does the world's toughest athlete, completing over 60 triathlons and ultra-triathlons, stay motivated?
07:08Every one of his days consists of brutal pain.
07:11But still, how does he manage to go through this consistently, where 99% of people even struggle to get out of bed?
07:18When you ask these elites, they tell you it's not about motivation but discipline.
07:22While some of them might be true, it's not entirely accurate.
07:25They're motivated.
07:26But their motivation is different from everyone else's.
07:29We pursue the things that spike higher levels of dopamine than not.
07:33Again, for most people, the reward spikes more dopamine for them than the pursuit.
07:38To have repeated wins, and to work hard consistently, your pursuit has to be more dopaminergic than the attainment of the reward.
07:45Goggins likes the pursuit.
07:47He gets more dopamine out of pursuit and doesn't care about the result.
07:50He gets pleasure from the friction itself.
07:52Goggins trained himself to push through pain, even when not motivated.
07:56Recently, scientists have identified a part of the brain called the anterior mid-cingulate cortex.
08:02This part focuses on the brain's willpower.
08:04And the crazy thing is, when people do what they hate, it increases its size.
08:09So the more you push through pain, the more you strengthen your will, and over time, it becomes easier for you to commit to the work.
08:16Hard work isn't fun and often not pretty.
08:18It's painful.
08:19But by having this great goal, you sign up for this.
08:22You acknowledge that, yeah, it's gonna suck.
08:25So you pay the price, you get the outcome.
08:27Otherwise, you don't get it.
08:29There's a reason it's called hard work.
08:31That's it.
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