Dr. Alok Kanojia

So it's really hard to go to the bathroom in the morning without your phone. So there are a couple of like really specific behaviors that you have to target and give up. And oftentimes when I work with people who have technology problems, the hardest tech use to give up when we're not like so addicted that it's ruining our lives is actually the technology use in between things.

So it's really hard to go to the bathroom in the morning without your phone. So there are a couple of like really specific behaviors that you have to target and give up. And oftentimes when I work with people who have technology problems, the hardest tech use to give up when we're not like so addicted that it's ruining our lives is actually the technology use in between things.

So when I'm in the on the elevator, while I'm waiting for while I'm sitting in traffic or if I'm sitting in an Uber while I'm on the toilet, we we take our phones with us everywhere and they just infect all the parts of our day where we're not doing something. And anytime you do that, you're sort of starting to exhaust your dopamine for the day.

So when I'm in the on the elevator, while I'm waiting for while I'm sitting in traffic or if I'm sitting in an Uber while I'm on the toilet, we we take our phones with us everywhere and they just infect all the parts of our day where we're not doing something. And anytime you do that, you're sort of starting to exhaust your dopamine for the day.

So when I'm in the on the elevator, while I'm waiting for while I'm sitting in traffic or if I'm sitting in an Uber while I'm on the toilet, we we take our phones with us everywhere and they just infect all the parts of our day where we're not doing something. And anytime you do that, you're sort of starting to exhaust your dopamine for the day.

And so your capacity for pleasure, your capacity for behavioral reinforcement goes down.

And so your capacity for pleasure, your capacity for behavioral reinforcement goes down.

And so your capacity for pleasure, your capacity for behavioral reinforcement goes down.

So I know we've heard it a thousand times before, but you really have to understand what the damage of 15 minutes of cell phone use when you're taking your morning dump with your cup of coffee or if you have your cup of coffee and you're sitting down and scrolling on your phone for 15 to 30 minutes before you start your day, what that really costs you.

So I know we've heard it a thousand times before, but you really have to understand what the damage of 15 minutes of cell phone use when you're taking your morning dump with your cup of coffee or if you have your cup of coffee and you're sitting down and scrolling on your phone for 15 to 30 minutes before you start your day, what that really costs you.

So I know we've heard it a thousand times before, but you really have to understand what the damage of 15 minutes of cell phone use when you're taking your morning dump with your cup of coffee or if you have your cup of coffee and you're sitting down and scrolling on your phone for 15 to 30 minutes before you start your day, what that really costs you.

And on the flip side, I think that one of the really interesting, you know, motivating things that I sort of like learned, you know, in the East and stuff, and I'm sure we'll get to that. We don't really understand where motivation comes from. So there is a dopaminergic motivation, which is the motivation of immediate pleasure.

And on the flip side, I think that one of the really interesting, you know, motivating things that I sort of like learned, you know, in the East and stuff, and I'm sure we'll get to that. We don't really understand where motivation comes from. So there is a dopaminergic motivation, which is the motivation of immediate pleasure.

And on the flip side, I think that one of the really interesting, you know, motivating things that I sort of like learned, you know, in the East and stuff, and I'm sure we'll get to that. We don't really understand where motivation comes from. So there is a dopaminergic motivation, which is the motivation of immediate pleasure.

So this is like the motivation of pleasure from like snorting cocaine or playing Candy Crush or something like that. But then there's also a serotonergic motivation, which is like the motivation that comes from the Sanskrit word dharma or duty. So when I'm like, you know, when I'm on call in a hospital, that's not pleasurable. Oftentimes it's very unpleasant.

So this is like the motivation of pleasure from like snorting cocaine or playing Candy Crush or something like that. But then there's also a serotonergic motivation, which is like the motivation that comes from the Sanskrit word dharma or duty. So when I'm like, you know, when I'm on call in a hospital, that's not pleasurable. Oftentimes it's very unpleasant.

So this is like the motivation of pleasure from like snorting cocaine or playing Candy Crush or something like that. But then there's also a serotonergic motivation, which is like the motivation that comes from the Sanskrit word dharma or duty. So when I'm like, you know, when I'm on call in a hospital, that's not pleasurable. Oftentimes it's very unpleasant.

People will be like high on cocaine and like yelling at me and stuff. Right. I'm working in the emergency room. It's overnight. People are drunk. People are homeless. People are upset. People are hurt. People are suicidal. People are psychotic. That's not a fun job.

People will be like high on cocaine and like yelling at me and stuff. Right. I'm working in the emergency room. It's overnight. People are drunk. People are homeless. People are upset. People are hurt. People are suicidal. People are psychotic. That's not a fun job.

People will be like high on cocaine and like yelling at me and stuff. Right. I'm working in the emergency room. It's overnight. People are drunk. People are homeless. People are upset. People are hurt. People are suicidal. People are psychotic. That's not a fun job.