Jonathan Haidt
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Same thing with brain rot.
And that is because that you can never get enough.
And it's the hedonic treadmill.
But you do not have a treadmill for eudaimonic happiness.
I would add Stop, Breathe, Be.
It's a three-second brain reset.
So before you check your devices, before you engage, stop.
Breathe and be.
Ground yourself in the present moment.
What it does is it decreases that what if future focused thinking.
You know, anxiety is a future focused emotion and it gets you back into the here and the now.
And so maybe the compulsion, you know, you're bored, you're checking.
What about doing something else?
You know, we often use that checking as a substitute for many things.
And so it gives you that opportunity.
And then the rule of two is something that we haven't talked about, which I would love to propose to...
us today is that your brain can really only handle two new changes at a time and so give yourself two things of all of the things that we've talked about if you want to try in your life two at a time give yourself eight weeks and then add two more and two more this is why new year's resolutions fail because we try to do everything all at once and so just stepwise two at a time
It is for anyone who is struggling with stress, overwhelm and burnout.
It's to help you feel a sense of calm and clarity in this anxious, uncertain world.
Everything is free.