How to Trick Your Brain into Doing Hard Things (animated video)

The question we’ll try to answer in this video is how to trick our brain into liking the tasks that are often hard and unpleasant, but yield long-term satisfaction and happiness. http://www.youtube.com/c/TheFormerShy... It feels like there’s a programmer inside our brain. And this programmer doesn’t care about our long-term health and happiness, but only cares about the present moment. If it’s fun, easy, and can make us feel good now, then we’ll be driven towards those activities. The question we’ll try to answer in this video is how to get that programmer to trick our brain into liking the tasks that are hard and often unpleasant, but yield long-term satisfaction and happiness. Now, it’s not going to be an effortless process, but I’ve noticed these ideas have been helping me do hard things I often put off. The first is to look for losses over gains Prominent psychologists have discovered that people tend to be loss averse. Basically, we prefer to avoid losses over getting equal gains. For example Losing $100 hurts more than the joy of winning $100. But when it comes to motivating ourselves to take action on hard things we often don’t focus on what we lose by not doing it. Millionaire Entrepreneur, Dan Lok has said, don’t focus on what needs to be done, and what you’re going to get, but ask yourself what’s the cost of inaction? Years ago, that’s what I did. For example, when it came to going to a party or staying at home, I would stay home because that was easy and comfortable for me. But I started to see what I would be losing by staying in my comfort zone. Take the time, to ask yourself what the cost of inaction is when it comes to your fears and when it comes to your goals, and there’s a chance that fear of potential loss, will motivate you more than the joy of the potential gain. Start Doing Less If you haven’t tried the two-minute rule, consider giving it a try. The Two-Minute Rule states “When you start a new habit, it should take less than two minutes to do.” I got this idea from the book Atomic Habits, a highly recommended book by James Clear. He explains “people often think it’s weird to get hyped about reading one page or meditating for one minute or making one sales call. But the point is not to do one thing. The point is to master the habit of showing up.” Trying to form a perfect habit from the start often fails, you’d be better off making the habit so extremely easy that you’ll take action no matter how you feel. For example, for months I’ve been wanting to spend my nights reading after work. I’d wake up thinking it would happen, but often I was tired at the end of the day and would often watch TV instead. But then I tried the two minute rule. I got a stopwatch and told myself I only had to read for two minutes, and then I could do whatever I wanted. Since using the two minutes rule, I’ve been reading every night after work and will look to add more time to my reading in the future. We have to realize when our strategies aren’t working. Big dreams mean nothing without action, and if you haven’t been taking action, start with two minutes reading, two minutes of writing, or two minutes of whatever good habit you want to adopt and consistently show up. Once you consistently show up, then add more time to it. The Other Side of Life by Michael Unks-Affiliate Link to Amazon listed below.. https://amzn.to/2xq2C1c If you’ve been enjoying the animation style videos I’ve been making then check out the playlist for it!    • Animated Videos   If you’re interested in one-on-one coaching, send me an email at [email protected] Here's the link to a free audio version of my best selling book "Awesome in Hours" https://unksmichael.lpages.co/1st-opt... If you liked this video and want more videos like it I make videos each week and will be taking video suggestions from you. Subscribe today by hitting the link below... http://www.youtube.com/c/TheFormerShy... Music credit: “Valium,” By No Thanks obtained from Epidemic Sounds If you enjoyed this video..here is the link to share with your friends!    • How to Trick Your Brain into Doing Hard Th...   How to Trick Your Brain into Doing Hard Things