Episode · Huberman Lab · 2023-03-27

Books mentioned on Leverage Dopamine to Overcome Procrastination & Optimize Effort

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In this episode, I explain how dopamine dynamics — meaning changes and interactions between our baseline and peak levels of dopamine drive our cravings and sense of motivation. I also explain how to leverage dopamine dynamics to overcome procrastination.

Andrew Huberman recommended Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke, and discussed Mindset by Carol S. Dweck.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   Dopamine Nation

   Anna Lembke · at 43:54 · mentioned 2 times

   Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke is a contemporary exploration of how modern overabundance and hyper-palatable digital stimuli hijack human reward pathways, offering practical clinical strategies to restore balance.

   Recommended

   “this was discussed in my colleague Dr Anna lemke's book dopamine nation and on this podcast excellent book by the way I highly recommend it”

   Andrew Huberman Leverage Dopamine to Overcome Procrastination & Optimize Effort 2023-03-27 Listen at 43:54

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2. 

   Mindset

   Carol S. Dweck · at 1:39:28

   Mindset by Carol S. Dweck is a popular psychology book exploring how people's beliefs about their abilities profoundly influence their success, relationships, and overall lives.

   Discussed

   “Growth mindset is the incredible discovery and research papers from my colleague Dr. Carol Dweck in the psychology department at Stanford. And there are others, such as David Yeager at the University of Texas Austin, who have leveraged the so-called growth mindset as a tool that young people and adults alike can use in order to get better at anything.”

   Andrew Huberman Leverage Dopamine to Overcome Procrastination & Optimize Effort 2023-03-27 Listen at 1:39:28

   Where to get it

   Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon