Andrew Huberman· PhD
our tenacity and willpower rides on the tide of autonomic function that is when we are sleep deprived when we are in pain when we are in emotional pain or when we are distracted our tenacity and willpower is diminished
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our tenacity and willpower rides on the tide of autonomic function that is when we are sleep deprived when we are in pain when we are in emotional pain or when we are distracted our tenacity and willpower is diminished
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you might get tenacity and willpower to engage one day when you're very sleep deprived but it's going to be very difficult to consistently engage tenacity and willpower
if you're not taking care of the foundational modulators of tenacity and willpower none of the subsequent tools and protocols that we will discuss are going to help you that much over time
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