429 - The Science of Motivation

Tiny Leaps, Big Changes

Gregg Clunis

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.3 • 920 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode I talk about the Science around Motivation. We tend to talk about motivation a lot because most of us are sort of either struggling to have enough of it or we think we don't have enough of it. But is motivation really a problem?

Key Points:

· What causes motivations in our brain chemistry

· The role dopamine plays in our motivation

· How to get motivated when you aren't focused

· How rewards can fuel motivation

Notable Quote:

“But if we're struggling to feel motivated, if we're having a tough day of focus, we just don't want to do things anymore. What we need to do is train our brains to focus on the reward of that task.” – Gregg Clunis

Important Links:

http://blog.idonethis.com/the-science-of-motivation-your-brain-on-dopamine/

www.magicspoon.com/tiny

www.tiny.fm

Transcript

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0:00.0	In this episode we look at the science of motivation.
0:05.0	Get excited because this is tiny leaps.
0:10.0	Big change. Welcome to. Welcome to another episode of Tiny Leaps, Big Changes, where I share simple strategies
0:28.0	you can use to get more out of your life. My name is Greg Klunis and in this episode we are looking at a
0:36.2	topic that is quite beloved in this industry that we find ourselves in and it's something that we tend to talk about a lot because most of us are sort of either struggling to have enough of it or we think we don't have enough of it but we really do or
0:57.1	is motivation really the problem like there's all these things around it so I thought you
1:01.8	know what let's do an episode where we actually explore
1:05.3	the root of motivation, the science behind it, how it actually works, what's going on in the
1:10.2	brain that causes us to feel motivated and what that understanding can help us to do.
1:17.0	How we can potentially utilize that understanding to keep ourselves motivated and give ourselves the motivation we need when we are struggling to find it.
1:26.9	So this is something that is going to be super beneficial to me and hopefully to you as well. Now before we jump in, listen if you haven't already
1:36.8	you should check us out on the web. We have a brand new website. I built it myself, so if don't visit it it's kind of like a
1:43.9	personal insult I don't know but head over to tiny leaps dot fm that's
1:48.1	W W W dot tiny leaps dot fm you can find all the podcast episodes articles by myself by contributors actually today Tuesday
1:58.2	Tuesday
1:59.6	November what date is today Tuesday Novemberth, you can find a brand new article by our
2:07.2	latest contributor, Jen Trepick, she's the host of a podcast called Salad with
2:11.2	The Side of Fries that you may have heard of and she published a phenomenal article that I highly highly recommend you give a read so head over to
2:19.8	W.W. Tine Leaps. F dot FM and check out Gen Trepix newest article.
2:27.0	Okay, let's jump into the science of motivation.
2:31.0	Now I'm going to be pulling very heavily here from an article on I've done this
2:37.2	dot com. Now I done this is a management tool but they that helps your team manage their productivity, but they also have a phenomenal blog.
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