The Real Reason You're Stuck in Life

The Real Reason You're Stuck in Life

🧠 Feeling stuck in life? Discover why your brain sabotages motivation and learn neuroscience strategies to overcome procrastination and lack of motivation. Transform your perception starting today.

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TIMESTAMP
0:00 - Introduction
1:14 - Chapter 1: "The Procrastination Paradox"
2:35 - Chapter 2: "The Motivation Myth"
3:41 - Chapter 3: "The Success Trap"
4:46 - Chapter 4: "The Memory Deceiver"
5:49 - Chapter 5: "The Comparison Virus"
7:07 - Chapter 6: "The Perfectionism Mask"
8:06 - Chapter 7: "The Environment Effect”
9:05 - Chapter 8: "The Willpower Illusion”
9:58 - Chapter 9: "The Identity Solution"
10:57 - Chapter 10: "The 2-Minute Revolution"

💡📚 Below is a curated list of books and research papers that further explore some of the concepts discussed in this video. (some links are affiliate links, which help support my channel)

BOOKS
1/ The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
https://amzn.to/3VMjD0O
How habits form in the brain and how changing routines can reshape motivation and identity.

2/ Atomic Habits by James Clear
https://amzn.to/4nykyhj
Why tiny changes and identity-based habits are the key to long-term transformation and motivation.

3/ The Procrastination Equation by Piers Steel
https://amzn.to/3Vi1RT6
The neuroscience and psychology of procrastination, and actionable ways to overcome it.

4/ The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz
https://amzn.to/4ptqFp2
How abundance and constant comparison decrease motivation and well-being through hedonic adaptation and decision fatigue.

5/ The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt
https://amzn.to/3K4iTSb
How evolutionary psychology, hedonic adaptation, and emotional biases shape motivation and perception.

6/ Dopamine Nation by Dr. Anna Lembke
https://amzn.to/4ptvtuw
How dopamine circuits drive motivation, habit, addiction, and why the anticipation of reward matters more than reward itself.

7/ Psychology of Learning and Motivation edited by Brian H. Ross
https://amzn.to/4ptvxug
A collection detailing modern research on cognitive motivation, learning, and how psychological processes create and destroy motivation.

8/ Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior by Jeffrey M. Schwartz
https://amzn.to/463xLJ4
How perfectionism and compulsive avoidance are connected to anxious brain circuits, and strategies to escape them.

9/ The CBT Workbook for Perfectionism by Sharon Martin
https://amzn.to/41PzoYn
How cognitive-behavioral therapy helps disrupt perfectionism and critical self-perception for improved motivation.

10/ Scatterbrain by Henning Beck
https://amzn.to/3K4h3AH
Why perfectionism doesn't yield success, how mistakes and imperfections actually foster creativity and motivation.

RESEARCH PAPERS
1/ Dopamine reward prediction error coding by W Schultz
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...
Explains how dopamine prediction errors drive motivation, learning, and the perpetual chase for greater rewards.

2/ Hedonic Adaptation to Positive and Negative Experiences by S Lyubomirsky
https://sonjalyubomirsky.com/wp-conte...
Describes why happiness fades after a positive event, how brain adaptation undermines satisfaction, and methods to mitigate this effect.

3/ Dopamine: from prediction error to psychotherapy by S Papalini
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4139...
Shows how dopamine prediction errors shape motivation, learning, and the adaptive updating of expectations.

4/ Affective and motivational influences in person perception by B Kuzmanovic
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...
Analyzes how affect and motivation bias perception, memory, attention, and decision-making processes in social situations.

5/ Opportunity Costs and the Control of Response Vigor by Y Niv
http://www.princeton.edu/~ndaw/ndjd07...
Explores how dopamine signals both prediction errors and response vigor, determining the willingness to exert effort for action.

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