Dopamine release is fundamentally related to the desire to exert effort and can be controlled with knowledge of the dopamine system.

“And chronically trying to spike your dopamine in order to enhance your motivation, focus and drive will absolutely undermine your motivation focus and drive in the long run.”

“how to leverage that pain and to use effort as a way to not just get out of the trough more quickly but actually to get back to a higher level of Baseline as you exit that trough”

“What you find over time is that you can evoke dopamine release from the friction and the challenge that you happen to be in. The beauty of this misolyic reward pathway is that it includes the forebrain. So you can tell yourself the effort part is the good part. I know it's painful. I know this doesn't feel good, but I'm focused on this. I'm going to start to access the reward. You will find the rewards, meaning the dopamine release inside of effort. If you repeat this over and over again, and what's beautiful about it is that it starts to become reflexive for all types of effort.”

“don't spike dopamine prior to engaging in effort. And don't spike dopamine after engaging in effort. Learn to spike your dopamine from effort itself.”