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Protect Intrinsically Enjoyed Activities From Extra Rewards
Guard activities you already enjoy by not attaching extra rewards or additional dopamine-releasing behaviors, substances, or compounds to them, or do so only infrequently, in order to preserve intrinsic pleasure and motivation over time.
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“I recommend that you leverage this knowledge, to make sure that any activities that you enjoy to do... that you guard and protect by making sure that you don't start layering in or attaching reward or other sources of dopamine releasing behaviors or substances to that specific behavior.”
huberman · Leverage Dopamine to Overcome Procrastination & Optimize Effort · Mar 27, 2023 · 1:28:57 · open ↗
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