We can, again, look at things through the lens of biology and say, well, what are we talking about when we're talking about energy?

What is this energy thing that people are talking about?

And I think it largely boils down to these catacolamines, the dopamine epinephrine, norepinephrine cocktail that is setting the brain into a mode of attention of motivation.

We now know dopamine is more about

motivation to seek rewards as opposed to feeling of pleasure or reward. There's a lot to be said

about that. And keep in mind that these three neurochemicals, dopamine, norapinephrine, and epinephrine,

have been the neurochemical cocktail by which humans and other mammals have set and pursued

goals for hundreds of thousands of years. So we don't have like a unique system, a unique

neurochemical system for seeking out of mates versus food versus creating shelter versus

creating technology and whole societies.

And it's not just these three neurochemicals.

Certainly there are other things involves, acetylcholine and a bunch of other things,

neuroplasticity for that matter.

But it's clearly the case that the currency that the brain has set around getting us into forward

center of mass, as I say, to like envision something, explore. Nope, not down there. This way. Ah,

there's a scent here. And trade out an actual scent for, you know, oh, there's something interesting

here. There's someone interesting here. And like exploring that, no, that's a dead path to cul-de-sac, turn around, go, oh, here. And then connecting these

nodes of progress. What's progress? Ah, there's kind of another surge of these catacolamines,

which sets us in forward center of mass. You know, I don't want to oversimplify the biology,

but when we talk about energy, for instance, taking time to rest at night, sleep, taking time to maybe meditate a few minutes, or do this practice that I'm a huge fan of, non-sleep, deep rest, which is kind of a body scan, deep relaxation, long exhales.

It's a practice very similar to an ancient practice called Yoga Nidra,

which has been practiced for thousands of years.

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