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Just finished reading a paper published at the Department of Pharmacology . . Univ . of Washington .   "Bright light activation between 11:00 p . m . and 4:00 a . m . . . sends a signal from the eye to brain structure called the habenula . .   it kicks off a disappointment circuit . .   it start suppressing dopamine . . and the habenula is linked to the pancreas . .   and starts justs disregulating blood sugar . . " Me-trigger disappointment?  And just like that i was hooked . . In the article . .   "every circuit in the brain has a push and a pull . .   so we have a reward system for viewing light . . at the particular times of day . .    but there's a punishment signal . .   a chemical punishment signal . . whereby dopamine . . which is this feel good molecule . . is suppressed . .   when human beings or animals view bright light in the middle of this dark phase of the circadian cycle . . ...

there's a deeper level of behavior change . .   the outer layer of behavior change, are the results that we get . . the outcome . . the goal .   Often . . we say we need better goals . We need better outcomes we need better results, we need to hit new sales numbers .   to do that . . we take one step in . .   on behavior change . . we talk about our actions . the actions and the results are usually where we stop . .   when it comes to habits and behavior change .   we say how can we build better habits . .   how can we take action on this particular goal . .   there's a deeper level behavior change and habit formation as well . .   that level is identity . . or belief or mindset . .   the identity that we hold drives the actions that we take and the results that we get . . .   If you have a positive identity . .   you would take positive actions . . and thus you get better results in the l...

“We like to think of our champions and idols as superheroes who were born different from us. We don’t like to think of them as relatively ordinary people who made themselves extraordinary.”  Fixed vs Growth mindset our mindset shapes our beliefs about accomplishing something Fixed think they are born with the gifts naturally capable of doing somethings and bad at other things a person’s abilities are set in stone a person is either intelligent/talented or stupid/incompetent and will stay that way talent is the king life is more black and white if they fail at something, they blame others or run away from that since they judge other, they feel others are judging them all the time so they feel the need to show how talented and smart they are at every chance they are more likely to hide their failures example they hope for an everlasting love relationship rather than working on the relationship themselves Growth think they can be good at anything if they try enough it’s only ...