If you can’t control your impulses, you can’t control anything
Here’s how to take back control and destroy your impulses:
Here’s how to take back control and destroy your impulses:
1. Learn about dopamine
Understand how your impulsive activity impacts your dopamine: sharp peaks, massive drops and cravings.
A basic understanding of the dopamine and neuroscience behind your impulse will help you understand why your urge exists and that you can beat it.
Understand how your impulsive activity impacts your dopamine: sharp peaks, massive drops and cravings.
A basic understanding of the dopamine and neuroscience behind your impulse will help you understand why your urge exists and that you can beat it.
2. Recognise them
Whether your impulse is to smoke, binge eat or anything else
First you need to recognise your urge, you need to be able to identify it if you want to control it
So be aware of when you want to give in to an impulse
Whether your impulse is to smoke, binge eat or anything else
First you need to recognise your urge, you need to be able to identify it if you want to control it
So be aware of when you want to give in to an impulse
3. Identify the trigger
Impulses are essentially like bad habits, they’re triggered
Whenever you get an urge look to see what just triggered it, whether it was a place, action, feeling or person
Remove this trigger as best as you can for the future.
Impulses are essentially like bad habits, they’re triggered
Whenever you get an urge look to see what just triggered it, whether it was a place, action, feeling or person
Remove this trigger as best as you can for the future.
4. Know what you want
Understand that you don’t want to give in to the impulse, that its all just an urge
You don't want to give in to the impulse otherwise you would not be trying to remove it
Impulses result in guilt - use this negative feeling as fuel to not give in
Understand that you don’t want to give in to the impulse, that its all just an urge
You don't want to give in to the impulse otherwise you would not be trying to remove it
Impulses result in guilt - use this negative feeling as fuel to not give in
5. Replace the impulse
Each time you get an urge, do something else immediately.
Whether you drop and do 20 push ups (highly recommend), you go for a walk or you call someone
Do something else immediately and get out of the environment and headspace that caused your impulse
Each time you get an urge, do something else immediately.
Whether you drop and do 20 push ups (highly recommend), you go for a walk or you call someone
Do something else immediately and get out of the environment and headspace that caused your impulse
Here’s the roadmap to destroy your impulses:
1. Learn about dopamine
2. Recognise when you’re having an urge
3. Identify what triggered the urge and remove it for the future
4. Know that you do not want to give into your impulse
5. Replace the impulse
1. Learn about dopamine
2. Recognise when you’re having an urge
3. Identify what triggered the urge and remove it for the future
4. Know that you do not want to give into your impulse
5. Replace the impulse
To beat your impulses you will need discipline
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Get my Masculine Discipline course through the link below ↓
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