"A better life means different things to different people. For one person, a better life might mean better relationships, better emotional well-being, or better physical health. For another, the same idea may instead conjure a desire for better finances or a better work-life balance. Despite these different visions, however, there is a unifying quality about a better life that most of us share: we all want one."
"Motivation is essential, not only to achieving our personal goals but even to our basic survival. Although it has become popular recently for online personalities to criticize motivation, without a healthy biological motivation system (e.g., damage to the brain's mesolimbic dopamine pathway, including the prefrontal cortex (PFC), anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), and ventral striatum), humans and other animals stop moving, stop feeling, stop mating, and even stop eating."
"Although everyone wants a better life, few people know sustainable strategies for achieving it. Let's talk about two specific strategies for helping you achieve a better life. These two strategies are 1) more motivation and 2) less friction. Although the first of these strategies receives the lion's share of attention, the latter strategy is frequently more effective. And the good news is you can combine both strategies to synergize your results."
Most people desire a better life, defined variably as improved relationships, emotional well-being, physical health, finances, or work-life balance. Two specific strategies that aid improvement are increased motivation and reduced friction. Motivation is biologically essential; damage to mesolimbic dopamine circuits impairs movement, feeling, mating, and eating. Many people rely on short-term, external motivators rather than sustainable, long-term motivation. Friction consists of obstacles to change, and people often attempt to push through friction instead of reducing it. Reducing friction frequently proves more effective than increasing motivation alone, and combining both strategies produces synergistic results.
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