A piece of wisdom from
July 18, 2024 · Thursday
The quote
“Deliberate cold exposure releases dopamine in a tonic and lasting way — the same neuromodulator that fuels motivation, drive, and pursuit. Two to five minutes, cold enough to want to leave.”
— Andrew Huberman · Mental Toughness
The concept
Fear
Almost every adult is constrained by two or three fears they have never written down. This page is the writing-down.
Fear is not the enemy. Unexamined fear is. Most adult decisions are not driven by what people want, they are driven by what people are afraid of, often without knowing it. This page is built around one principle: every module returns a spec…
A practice for today
Try this once today: the lesson of Fear. Almost every adult is constrained by two or three fears they have never written down. This page is the writing-down.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 6.5
उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत्। आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः॥
“Lift yourself by yourself; do not let yourself sink. For the self alone is the friend of the self, and the self alone is the enemy of the self.”
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