TJ Power

And having a healthy balance of it. Having a healthy balance of it and learning to step away as frequently as we can from the quick stuff, move towards the slow stuff. And then you obviously have these other neurochemicals, oxytocin and serotonin and endorphins. These are absolutely pivotal to society thriving.

And having a healthy balance of it. Having a healthy balance of it and learning to step away as frequently as we can from the quick stuff, move towards the slow stuff. And then you obviously have these other neurochemicals, oxytocin and serotonin and endorphins. These are absolutely pivotal to society thriving.

But the big issue we have right now is we've become dopamine driven, where we're all only in the pursuit of either pleasure or also success is dopamine addiction as well. And we're in the pursuit of that. Society used to live its life very in the pursuit of oxytocin, serotonin and endorphins. Now we've shifted it.

But the big issue we have right now is we've become dopamine driven, where we're all only in the pursuit of either pleasure or also success is dopamine addiction as well. And we're in the pursuit of that. Society used to live its life very in the pursuit of oxytocin, serotonin and endorphins. Now we've shifted it.

So if dopamine gets in check, you then open this door and it's like, cool, how else can I optimize my neurochemistry?

So if dopamine gets in check, you then open this door and it's like, cool, how else can I optimize my neurochemistry?

Okay, so the most important aspect is it starts with the night before with where you charge your phone. You can't charge your phone by your head. It's the most fundamental change size he has to make with the dopamine. And if it has to be in the room for an alarm, it charges the other side of the room and you get out of bed to turn it off. Ideally, you get yourself an alarm clock.

Okay, so the most important aspect is it starts with the night before with where you charge your phone. You can't charge your phone by your head. It's the most fundamental change size he has to make with the dopamine. And if it has to be in the room for an alarm, it charges the other side of the room and you get out of bed to turn it off. Ideally, you get yourself an alarm clock.

You get off like two pounds on Amazon or you get yourself a nice one for Christmas, whatever it might be. But we need an alarm clock and we need to wake up and not go into quick dopamine. I would say we need an absolute minimum of 15 minutes before we see a phone screen. Ideally, I would push that towards 30 minutes. In the morning. Yeah. I don't think you can see a phone within 15 minutes.

You get off like two pounds on Amazon or you get yourself a nice one for Christmas, whatever it might be. But we need an alarm clock and we need to wake up and not go into quick dopamine. I would say we need an absolute minimum of 15 minutes before we see a phone screen. Ideally, I would push that towards 30 minutes. In the morning. Yeah. I don't think you can see a phone within 15 minutes.

Even this morning, like I woke up, I was pretty jet lagged. I woke up at like 4 a.m. today and it was... Obviously very tempting. Oh, I wonder what's going on in the world. Social media. We got the whole presidential election style. I was curious to have a look at how that was going. And I was like, no, because this is the day I want to be thriving. I've got an important podcast today.

Even this morning, like I woke up, I was pretty jet lagged. I woke up at like 4 a.m. today and it was... Obviously very tempting. Oh, I wonder what's going on in the world. Social media. We got the whole presidential election style. I was curious to have a look at how that was going. And I was like, no, because this is the day I want to be thriving. I've got an important podcast today.

If I go into my phone, I'm disrupting the capacity for that moment to happen. So the first thing is 15 minutes minimum, 30 minutes ideally.

If I go into my phone, I'm disrupting the capacity for that moment to happen. So the first thing is 15 minutes minimum, 30 minutes ideally.

you want to wake up and you want to immediately take action you want to start doing something that's effortful so not only are you not spiking and crashing it and living in that world which is what most of us live in but you're actually going in the opposite direction and dopamine is on the rise and that would involve you wake up you immediately walk to the bathroom and you go to the bathroom

you want to wake up and you want to immediately take action you want to start doing something that's effortful so not only are you not spiking and crashing it and living in that world which is what most of us live in but you're actually going in the opposite direction and dopamine is on the rise and that would involve you wake up you immediately walk to the bathroom and you go to the bathroom

After you've been to the bathroom, if you're sitting there and you're going to the toilet, you've got to have a book in there to entertain you if you're going to potentially go on your phone. Then you're engaging in effortful reading and that's much, much better. Books are way better for our dopamine because they're challenging, not easy. Then use flash cold water on your face.

After you've been to the bathroom, if you're sitting there and you're going to the toilet, you've got to have a book in there to entertain you if you're going to potentially go on your phone. Then you're engaging in effortful reading and that's much, much better. Books are way better for our dopamine because they're challenging, not easy. Then use flash cold water on your face.

You brush your teeth and you brush your teeth properly. And then you walk back to your bedroom and you make your bed. So very simply, you wake, you don't go on your phone, you go to the bathroom, you brush your teeth, you splash cold water on your face, and you make your bed. You've experienced a drastically different situation from a neurochemistry point of view.

You brush your teeth and you brush your teeth properly. And then you walk back to your bedroom and you make your bed. So very simply, you wake, you don't go on your phone, you go to the bathroom, you brush your teeth, you splash cold water on your face, and you make your bed. You've experienced a drastically different situation from a neurochemistry point of view.