Stop Having This Limiting Belief About Yourself And Unleash Your Potential In 2024
Don’t believe these lies that you tell yourself.
The other day, I was on an airplane listening to a recent podcast with David Goggins and Andrew Huberman.
David Goggins is known as being the “toughest man alive” as a former Navy Seal and best-selling author of the book Can’t Hurt Me and Never Finished.
Andrew Huberman is a neurologist and ophthalmologist at Stanford whose podcast is tailored towards health and science.
David Goggins, known for running his 200+ mile ultra marathons, was talking about how he hates running but he does it anyway because he hates it. He doubles down on doing the things that he doesn’t like to do.
Huberman replied that there is new research that indicates when you do something that you don’t want to do, you increase the size of your anterior mid-cingulate cortex.
The anterior mid-cingulate cortex is the part of the brain that influences motivation, impulse control, and decision-making. It’s no wonder that Goggins seems to have this God-level of discipline. He has been doing this for the last 20 years of his life. His anterior mid-cingulate cortex is probably larger than anyone alive.
This had me thinking about parts of my life where I have struggled with decision-making and impulsive control. Where are those moments of friction where I can easily practice discipline? I came to realize, they exist everywhere around us without us realizing it.
Don’t Believe This Myth About Willpower
We’ve all read the old research that willpower is a diminishing resource. This is why Silicone Valley CEOs where black t-shirts and jeans every day, eat the same thing for every meal, and schedule their entire day down to the minute.
This study shows that engaging in self-control improves it and it is dependent on your belief about self-control and how often you practice it.
Doesn’t it feel like when you get into a rut it’s hard to break out of?
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