Ep. 33: Motivating Yourself
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson
English - August 27, 2018 15:00 - 50 minutes - 46 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsMental Health Health & Fitness Education Self-Improvement mindfulness meditation self-help self improvement well being brain mind heart psychology practical psychology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
We all have things we know would be good to do, but it’s hard to do them. On this episode, Dr. Rick Hanson and Forrest focus on a key aspect of motivation: how we can incline our minds to break bad habits, and want the things that are good for it.
Timestamps:
0:40: Why doesn’t just knowing that something is bad stop us from doing it?
2:55: How does motivation work biologically?
7:00: The importance of connecting good behaviors to direct rewards.
8:50: Becoming good at imagining rewards.
12:40: Internalizing reward along the way.
14:20: Imbuing simple tasks with meaning.
17:30: Bringing playfulness to what you do.
19:30: Is there genetic variation in how easily motivated people are?
23:35: Having empathy for biological differences between people.
27:40: The relationship between nature and nurture.
33:35: The value of fulfilling expectations.
37:25: Identifying novelty.
39:40: Finding the fun factor.
41:00: Self-nurturance vs. self-criticism.
46:15: Recap