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Today on Being Well, Forrest and I explore how to optimize our motivation. We distinguish motivation from discipline, liking from wanting, and describe how our brain’s reward circuitry works. We then explore how to best frame our outlook so we can feel relaxed, diligent, and uninhibited from being who we want to be and accomplishing what we want to accomplish.
Key Topics:
0:00: Introduction
2:05: Expanding our view of motivation and distinguishing from discipline
5:30: Why don’t we just want the things we know are good for us?
11:00: Creating unity between our biology and cognitive processing
15:50: Neurological overview of motivation
21:30: Distinguishing liking from wanting
25:35: Natural variations in dopamine metabolism
28:55: How people with lower levels of dopamine can stay motivated
33:35: Updating the reward value of your experiences
37:20: Being, doing, and having
43:05: What has helped Rick stay diligent and let go of resistance
46:40: Practical how-tos for interacting with the dopaminergic system
50:35: Letting fish be fish
52:30: Recap
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