Dr. Alok Kanojia

There's a want moving in the other direction. So if we want to motivate behavior, right, motivation comes from the nucleus accumbens. We have to have a motivation to do something. But oftentimes it's really interesting. So if you move one level back, do you wish you were someone else? Now, that's something you're motivated towards.

And this is something that we've learned in psychiatry is that if you can't solve this problem, oftentimes moving one level back is where the money is. So now if I ask you, OK, so you don't really want to work out. Fair enough. Do you wish you were someone who wanted to work out? And that's absolutely yes. I wish I was like these other people that enjoyed working out.

And this is something that we've learned in psychiatry is that if you can't solve this problem, oftentimes moving one level back is where the money is. So now if I ask you, OK, so you don't really want to work out. Fair enough. Do you wish you were someone who wanted to work out? And that's absolutely yes. I wish I was like these other people that enjoyed working out.

And this is something that we've learned in psychiatry is that if you can't solve this problem, oftentimes moving one level back is where the money is. So now if I ask you, OK, so you don't really want to work out. Fair enough. Do you wish you were someone who wanted to work out? And that's absolutely yes. I wish I was like these other people that enjoyed working out.

I wish I was a different person. Now that opens the door to all kinds of things. It opens the door to self-judgment, which is like good in a way, right? Because now we're exploring this stuff. And that's the stuff that gets in the way of you actually engaging, like all these negative emotions.

I wish I was a different person. Now that opens the door to all kinds of things. It opens the door to self-judgment, which is like good in a way, right? Because now we're exploring this stuff. And that's the stuff that gets in the way of you actually engaging, like all these negative emotions.

I wish I was a different person. Now that opens the door to all kinds of things. It opens the door to self-judgment, which is like good in a way, right? Because now we're exploring this stuff. And that's the stuff that gets in the way of you actually engaging, like all these negative emotions.

And the other cool thing is that then we can ask the question, OK, if you want to be a different person, how do we go about that? How do you actually change? And then something cool happens once you run down that sequence of exploration. You figure out, OK, this is how I become a different person. Then you become a different person and then working out becomes easy.

And the other cool thing is that then we can ask the question, OK, if you want to be a different person, how do we go about that? How do you actually change? And then something cool happens once you run down that sequence of exploration. You figure out, OK, this is how I become a different person. Then you become a different person and then working out becomes easy.

And the other cool thing is that then we can ask the question, OK, if you want to be a different person, how do we go about that? How do you actually change? And then something cool happens once you run down that sequence of exploration. You figure out, OK, this is how I become a different person. Then you become a different person and then working out becomes easy.

Yeah, it's a beautiful story, by the way. So I think you're right that a lot of people don't think you can change. And I think it's very possible to change. And I also think it's way easier than a lot of people think it is. But the hardest work is to not be yourself. So we think we are this particular thing.

Yeah, it's a beautiful story, by the way. So I think you're right that a lot of people don't think you can change. And I think it's very possible to change. And I also think it's way easier than a lot of people think it is. But the hardest work is to not be yourself. So we think we are this particular thing.

Yeah, it's a beautiful story, by the way. So I think you're right that a lot of people don't think you can change. And I think it's very possible to change. And I also think it's way easier than a lot of people think it is. But the hardest work is to not be yourself. So we think we are this particular thing.

Like we think that I'm like a piece of crap and I'm like fat and I'm overweight and all this kind of stuff. That's who we think we are, but that's not really who we are. It's our current existence, fine. But I think that oftentimes my experience is that changing happens way faster than people expect it to.

Like we think that I'm like a piece of crap and I'm like fat and I'm overweight and all this kind of stuff. That's who we think we are, but that's not really who we are. It's our current existence, fine. But I think that oftentimes my experience is that changing happens way faster than people expect it to.

Like we think that I'm like a piece of crap and I'm like fat and I'm overweight and all this kind of stuff. That's who we think we are, but that's not really who we are. It's our current existence, fine. But I think that oftentimes my experience is that changing happens way faster than people expect it to.

And the reason that people think it's really hard to change is because no one has taught us how. We learn like algebra, but we don't learn the science of changing who you are. And once you understand that, then like things actually become pretty easy. So I'll give you like just a simple example. You said that sometimes people say, OK, do you want to work out? Yes or no.

And the reason that people think it's really hard to change is because no one has taught us how. We learn like algebra, but we don't learn the science of changing who you are. And once you understand that, then like things actually become pretty easy. So I'll give you like just a simple example. You said that sometimes people say, OK, do you want to work out? Yes or no.

And the reason that people think it's really hard to change is because no one has taught us how. We learn like algebra, but we don't learn the science of changing who you are. And once you understand that, then like things actually become pretty easy. So I'll give you like just a simple example. You said that sometimes people say, OK, do you want to work out? Yes or no.

Do you wish you were a person who wanted to work out? That question is like 10 percent of the change. Huh. I know it sounds crazy, but like literally in that moment, you are learning to look at yourself in a different way. You are changing the questions that you ask yourself. And the reason that people don't change is because they ask the same question. I should work out. I should work out.