Trigger Dopamine to Get the Success You Desir...

This episode cuts through the noise about AI to address the urgent question of how to use it to increase capacity rather than replacing it. It introduces the critical distinction between using AI as Autopilot—which produces the finished thing but outsources core thinking—and usin ...  Show more

Your inner voice has a “location”—and understanding where it sits can change how it affects you. 

This episode serves as a sort of “Dopamine Masterclass”. I discuss the immensely powerful chemical that we all make in our brain and body: dopamine. I describe what it does and the neural circuits involved. I explain dopamine peaks and baselines, and the cell biology of dopamine ...  Show more

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Her name is Anna Lembke and she's Chief of Stanford's Addiction Medicine Clinic and the author of the book Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in an Age of Indulgence. At the start of our conversation, Anna unpacks the definition of addiction, why she believes it applies equally wel ...  Show more

In this episode, I explain how dopamine dynamics — meaning changes and interactions between our baseline and peak levels of dopamine drive our cravings and sense of motivation. I also explain how to leverage dopamine dynamics to overcome procrastination. I cover behavioral, cogni ...  Show more