Dr. Alok Kanojia

Very effective at treating burnout, fixing burnout. As long as I'm like doing this for a greater purpose, right? Like if I'm taking care of my sick kid, that's worth it. If I'm at a hospital trying to help other human beings because this is my mission in life, it is worth it. And then something really cool happens.

When we have a dopaminergic brain, we run away from pain and we seek pleasure at every moment. Life becomes a struggle of restraining my impulses towards pleasure and choosing things that I don't like. But there's one really simple way to short circuit that whole system, which is to focus on dharma. Right.

When we have a dopaminergic brain, we run away from pain and we seek pleasure at every moment. Life becomes a struggle of restraining my impulses towards pleasure and choosing things that I don't like. But there's one really simple way to short circuit that whole system, which is to focus on dharma. Right.

When we have a dopaminergic brain, we run away from pain and we seek pleasure at every moment. Life becomes a struggle of restraining my impulses towards pleasure and choosing things that I don't like. But there's one really simple way to short circuit that whole system, which is to focus on dharma. Right.

So if I if I'm like if I'm if someone pulls a gun on me, like I want to run away from the gun. I don't want the gun. I'm not I'm trying to get the hell out of that situation. I'll call the police. Now, if someone points a gun at my children, I'm stepping in the path of the gun, even though like this is literally a life or death situation. My motivation in that moment is

So if I if I'm like if I'm if someone pulls a gun on me, like I want to run away from the gun. I don't want the gun. I'm not I'm trying to get the hell out of that situation. I'll call the police. Now, if someone points a gun at my children, I'm stepping in the path of the gun, even though like this is literally a life or death situation. My motivation in that moment is

So if I if I'm like if I'm if someone pulls a gun on me, like I want to run away from the gun. I don't want the gun. I'm not I'm trying to get the hell out of that situation. I'll call the police. Now, if someone points a gun at my children, I'm stepping in the path of the gun, even though like this is literally a life or death situation. My motivation in that moment is

is to do something incredibly dangerous, then in a different circumstance, the intervention is the same. The gun is the same. The meaning is the same, right? It's like, it's dangerous. The more we sort of think about what is our duty in life? What's my purpose in life? What am I really like on this earth for? And as we start structuring a life that aligns ourselves with that,

is to do something incredibly dangerous, then in a different circumstance, the intervention is the same. The gun is the same. The meaning is the same, right? It's like, it's dangerous. The more we sort of think about what is our duty in life? What's my purpose in life? What am I really like on this earth for? And as we start structuring a life that aligns ourselves with that,

is to do something incredibly dangerous, then in a different circumstance, the intervention is the same. The gun is the same. The meaning is the same, right? It's like, it's dangerous. The more we sort of think about what is our duty in life? What's my purpose in life? What am I really like on this earth for? And as we start structuring a life that aligns ourselves with that,

Then something cool happens. The hard things become things that you step into the path of the things that you embrace. And you have kind of this deeper motivation that becomes resilient against pleasure. And whether things are pleasure, pleasurable or painful, you kind of like embrace it all. And then people feel like super, super motivated in ways that is very confusing sometimes.

Then something cool happens. The hard things become things that you step into the path of the things that you embrace. And you have kind of this deeper motivation that becomes resilient against pleasure. And whether things are pleasure, pleasurable or painful, you kind of like embrace it all. And then people feel like super, super motivated in ways that is very confusing sometimes.

Then something cool happens. The hard things become things that you step into the path of the things that you embrace. And you have kind of this deeper motivation that becomes resilient against pleasure. And whether things are pleasure, pleasurable or painful, you kind of like embrace it all. And then people feel like super, super motivated in ways that is very confusing sometimes.

But hopefully people will kind of understand some of those analogies.

But hopefully people will kind of understand some of those analogies.

But hopefully people will kind of understand some of those analogies.

Yeah, so it is too big of a question, and it's a great place to start. So I would say if you're struggling, like this is the first thing that I would say. I think we're way too caught up in self-control. So if we think about what self-control is, self-control is overcoming your impulse, right? The beautiful thing, like the work that I do is not about building self-control.

Yeah, so it is too big of a question, and it's a great place to start. So I would say if you're struggling, like this is the first thing that I would say. I think we're way too caught up in self-control. So if we think about what self-control is, self-control is overcoming your impulse, right? The beautiful thing, like the work that I do is not about building self-control.

Yeah, so it is too big of a question, and it's a great place to start. So I would say if you're struggling, like this is the first thing that I would say. I think we're way too caught up in self-control. So if we think about what self-control is, self-control is overcoming your impulse, right? The beautiful thing, like the work that I do is not about building self-control.

I know it's weird because I do a lot of like addiction psychiatry work. I mean, we teach people how to pump up their self-control and meditate and all that good stuff. But really, it's about changing the way that they see their life. And then self-control is no longer an issue. When your body, your brain, your mind, and your spirit are aligned in the right direction, you don't need self-control.