Episode #179
Bold, proactive self-promotion and over-delivering on small opportunities can catalyze big breaks—luck favors forward motion.
To find clarity, alternate deliberate analysis with true distraction: make room for change, disconnect from devices, get outside (or even use shower time) and let ideas meander and collide.
Lasting change often begins with a sudden, emotional insight that rapidly boosts motivation; sustain it by recognizing and reinforcing progress since dopamine rewards forward movement.
insights are like cats. They don't always come when called, but they can be coaxed.
it's a two-stage system of analysis and distraction.
And what keeps you on this new path is an ongoing sort of IV drip of dopamine moving forward because dopamine recognizes progress.
Crystallization of discontent. (40:50)
James Fell is a motivation, health, and fitness writer for the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune. He has authored pieces in TIME Magazine, the Guardian, Men’s Health, Women’s Health, and many other publications. His blog, Body For Wife, has millions of visitors a year. He is the author of two books: The Holy Sh!t Moment: How Lasting Change Can Happen in an Instant (St. Martin’s Press, 2019), and Lose it Right: A Brutally Honest 3-Stage Program to Help You Get Fit and Lose Weight Without Losing Your Mind (Random House Canada, 2014).
