I actually now don't have the physiological resources at the ready to take the first step right now to do something about that . So , so that was a pretty monumental um uh finding for motivation scientists to understand that like creating these dream boards , these vision boards or to do this might actually backfire because it in and of itself is the creation of a goal and the satisfaction of the goal . And then people understandably give themselves some time to just enjoy that positive experience so much for the secret .
Then again , Gabrielle Oten in my department has identified a third often overlooked or underappreciated stage that has to happen at that goal in the goal setting process . And that's thinking about the obstacles that stand in your way of success and that it will actually help improve motivation in the long run . And sometimes you think that that like is counter intuitive .
But I , everything you're saying again is consistent . What we know about the physiology of dopamine circuits for motivation . I have a good friend who perhaps in incidentally , perhaps not , is a cardiologist .
And sometimes you think that that like is counter intuitive . You're saying like for , if I want to increase my motivation , have more motivation that I need to think about how hard it's going to be all the ways that I'm going to fail . How is that going to like jazz me up ?
So maybe I should just like think about how awesome my life will be when I get my bucket , my bucket list done . But motivation scientists know that systolic blood pressure is actually an indicator of our body's readiness to get up and act to do something . Now that can be the going out for a walk , going out for a run , hitting the gym , it can also be things like doing math problems , right ?
