Wednesday, January 15, 2020

How to Stop Procrastinating

Latest video by Matt D'Avella.

I must admit I'm a bit of a dopamine addict. The guy Matt interviews about the state of "flow" (Steven Kotler) says that you can get dopamine from:

1) Risk
2) Novelty
3) Complexity
4) Unpredictability
5) Pattern recognition

...which is probably why gambling is such a thing. You can see all these techniques being used in a Vegas casino, social media, and online shopping. But you can also use them consciously to get yourself out of a rut and get to work. Just taking your project to a different coffee shop might help increase your focus.

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