🧠 How to hack your brain in 2 minutes to stay consistent

Today’s Edition of Captivated [SUNDAY SERIES]: How to Hack Your Brain in 2 Minutes, to Stay Consistent

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If you struggle to stay consistent…

whether it’s working out, studying, sending a weekly update, posting, anything,

contrary to popular belief, you do not need more discipline and your problem isn’t motivation.

The problem is actually friction.

And, there’s a quick, brain-science-backed way to fix it.

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Your brain releases the most dopamine when you finish a task, not when you start it.

So if a task feels huge, or something you don’t really want to do, you never want to start. It’s simply too much friction blocking your brain from getting started.

But if the task is tiny, like reading one page (instead of the whole chapter), doing one push-up (instead of working out), or putting up one decoration (instead of all of them),

then your brain gets a quick dopamine reward when that tiny task is done, and is primed to do more.

That tiny, micro win helps rewire the habit loop in your brain.

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What to do:

#1) Pick one thing you’ve been avoiding:

the dishes, the presentation, working out, setting up the holiday decorations, etc.

#2) And do one tiny part of it for just two minutes.

Once you start, momentum will start to take over. And, the brain doesn’t like open loops and unfinished tasks, so you’re well positioned to make progress.

One tiny part of one task, for two minutes.

Give it a try and see if it helps.

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