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Quieting the lizard brain
HOW TO STAY FOCUSED WHEN YOU GET BORED WORKING ON YOUR GOALS After my baseball career ended, I was looking for a new sport. I joined a weightlifting team and one day an elite coach visited our gym. He had worked with thousands of athletes during his long career, including a few Olympians. I introduced myself and we began talking about the process o
... See moreClear, James • Atomic Habits: The life-changing million copy bestseller
The human brain does information acquisition, pattern recognition, and goal direction. Give the goal direction system a goal and you give the pattern recognition system a purpose and the information acquisition system a target. Cortisol levels drop. It’s why, Lion believes, everyone needs a mission.
Steven Kotler • Last Tango in Cyberspace: A Novel
A lion is fully capable of capturing, killing, and eating a field mouse. But it turns out that the energy required to do so exceeds the caloric content of the mouse itself. So a lion that spent its day hunting and eating field mice would slowly starve to death. A lion can’t live on field mice. A lion needs antelope. Antelope are big animals. They t
... See moreWhat creative people need, Godin believes, “is a quieter lizard brain.”