TJ Power

It is so essential. And I think Just as you and I really believe in how important it is to be in service to people in our world, like contribution is very, very important. It also creates this stimulation of oxytocin, this love hormone within our brain when we serve others. We also have the capacity to contribute and serve ourself. And that is exactly what you're doing.

It is so essential. And I think Just as you and I really believe in how important it is to be in service to people in our world, like contribution is very, very important. It also creates this stimulation of oxytocin, this love hormone within our brain when we serve others. We also have the capacity to contribute and serve ourself. And that is exactly what you're doing.

You're in service to yourself. And it isn't actually serving yourself by going straight in the phone when we wake up. And just as I explained earlier with how clever our dopamine is at reinforcing the positive action, it's going to send us a message saying, this isn't what I want. Like, I'm a body here and I want to be thriving. I want my hormones to be calm.

You're in service to yourself. And it isn't actually serving yourself by going straight in the phone when we wake up. And just as I explained earlier with how clever our dopamine is at reinforcing the positive action, it's going to send us a message saying, this isn't what I want. Like, I'm a body here and I want to be thriving. I want my hormones to be calm.

I want my whole body to be in a good stay. And when you live that lifestyle that you just described, your brain is going to send you a great message saying, please continue this path. And then your happiness rises. And we're, as a society right now, very much in the pursuit of pleasure, not happiness. And that is the pursuit of happiness. The alternative option is the pursuit of pleasure.

I want my whole body to be in a good stay. And when you live that lifestyle that you just described, your brain is going to send you a great message saying, please continue this path. And then your happiness rises. And we're, as a society right now, very much in the pursuit of pleasure, not happiness. And that is the pursuit of happiness. The alternative option is the pursuit of pleasure.

And pleasure is not the best life.

And pleasure is not the best life.

It feels good at the time. It feels good. It's very addictive.

It feels good at the time. It feels good. It's very addictive.

Extremely hard. I had to go, yeah, big periods of abstinence. When I was at university, I got so into this pleasure loop of smoking cigarettes and drinking and everything, basically. And when I was about 22 years old, I was thinking, there's no way I'm going to live a life that I'm really happy experiencing with this. And I knew that my grandpa lived in...

Extremely hard. I had to go, yeah, big periods of abstinence. When I was at university, I got so into this pleasure loop of smoking cigarettes and drinking and everything, basically. And when I was about 22 years old, I was thinking, there's no way I'm going to live a life that I'm really happy experiencing with this. And I knew that my grandpa lived in...

this like natural setting, they had a house with a garden and stuff like that. And I didn't grow up, I grew up more like a bit more town life. And I took myself there and I spent like 90 days at this house living like a monk basically, because I was like, I have to somehow get off this stuff. And very quickly I discovered there is a different thing that you can be in the pursuit of.

this like natural setting, they had a house with a garden and stuff like that. And I didn't grow up, I grew up more like a bit more town life. And I took myself there and I spent like 90 days at this house living like a monk basically, because I was like, I have to somehow get off this stuff. And very quickly I discovered there is a different thing that you can be in the pursuit of.

You can be in the pursuit of a pleasureful experience of a really healthy life. Like you can start really loving like the nature walks and the hiking and the cooking and just the getting really dialed in to optimization. And if you are someone that's super addicted to all the unhealthy dopamine, I really think the only route is addiction towards the healthier pursuit of life.

You can be in the pursuit of a pleasureful experience of a really healthy life. Like you can start really loving like the nature walks and the hiking and the cooking and just the getting really dialed in to optimization. And if you are someone that's super addicted to all the unhealthy dopamine, I really think the only route is addiction towards the healthier pursuit of life.

Yeah. And it doesn't mean it has to be unhealthy with that lane, but it needs like the big thing with addiction, like my favorite definition of addiction is the progressive narrowing of the things that bring you pleasure.

Yeah. And it doesn't mean it has to be unhealthy with that lane, but it needs like the big thing with addiction, like my favorite definition of addiction is the progressive narrowing of the things that bring you pleasure.

And if you look at when you're in a period of addiction, like if you look at alcoholism, eventually your family don't make you happy and your work doesn't make you happy, exercise doesn't, but the alcohol brings you the pleasure. And it's this narrowing of what is the pursuit of pleasure for you in your life.

And if you look at when you're in a period of addiction, like if you look at alcoholism, eventually your family don't make you happy and your work doesn't make you happy, exercise doesn't, but the alcohol brings you the pleasure. And it's this narrowing of what is the pursuit of pleasure for you in your life.