AMA #4: Maintain Motivation, Improve REM Sleep, Set Goals, Manage Anxiety & More

Huberman Lab

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Science, Health & Fitness, Life Sciences

4.8 • 26.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Welcome to a preview of the fourth Ask Me Anything (AMA) episode, part of the Huberman Lab Premium subscription. The Huberman Lab Premium subscription was launched for two main reasons. First, it was launched in order to raise support for the standard Huberman Lab podcast channel — which will continue to come out every Monday at zero-cost. Second, it was launched as a means to raise funds for important scientific research. A significant portion of proceeds from the Huberman Lab Premium subscription will fund human research (not animal models) selected by Dr. Huberman, with a dollar-for-dollar match from the Tiny Foundation. Subscribe to Huberman Lab Premium at https://hubermanlab.com/premium Timestamps (00:00:00) Introduction (00:01:27) How to achieve consistent state of motivation? [Martin Zokov] In the full AMA episode, we discuss: Are there neurological benefits from different types of body work? Are goals necessary for the growth mindset and how to set the best short and long-term goals for creativity? Is anxiety useful? Can it be controlled? Title Card Photo Credit: Mike Blabac Disclaimer

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Huberman Lab Podcast where we discuss science and science-based tools for everyday life.
0:08.6	I'm Andrew Huberman and I'm a professor of neurobiology and
0:12.0	Ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine. Today is an Ask Me Anything or AMA episode
0:17.8	Which is part of our premium subscriber content. Our premium channel was launched in order to raise support for the standard Huberman Lab Podcast
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1:08.7	You will be able to hear the first 15 minutes or so of this episode and hopefully that will allow you to discern whether or not
1:14.3	You would like to become a premium subscriber. Without further ado, let's get to answering your questions
1:19.5	And as always I will strive to be as accurate as possible as thorough as possible and yet as concise as possible
1:26.6	Our first question is about motivation in particular how to maintain motivation over long periods of time
1:33.2	This was a question asked by Martin Zokov. He wrote I alternate between periods of two different states that vary from a few weeks to a couple of months
1:42.6	I have extremely high motivation in one state where I can do multiple things side projects making music
1:49.4	As well as my main things or really low motivational states where I can barely do anything and I only look for short-term entertainment
1:57.0	I'm guessing short-term entertainment comes in the form of video games, social media and just kind of doing generally
2:03.4	Unproductive things as we all do from time to time. He goes on to write what would be the best set of protocols to
2:09.9	Normalize those extremes into a more stable and consistent state. Well first off, this is an excellent question
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