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Dr. Anna Lembke Returns: Dopamine Nation!

Guest: Dr. Anna Lembke • 2024-05-20 • 3.7M views

Stanford addiction medicine chief

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📝 Episode Summary

Stanford psychiatrist on pleasure-pain balance.

🎯 Top Takeaways

  1. Success leaves clues: study those who've achieved what you want
  2. Consistency beats intensity: small actions daily outperform occasional heroics
  3. Fear of failure prevents more success than actual failure ever does
  4. Your environment shapes your trajectory: design your surroundings for success
  5. Focus is a superpower: in a distracted world, concentration wins

💬 Key Quotes

"We've created a world of unprecedented access to pleasure. Our brains weren't designed for this."

— Dr. Anna Lembke (00:42:15)

🎬 Must-Watch Moments

Your Brain Wasn't Built For This

Stanford psychiatrist on dopamine crisis

00:41:00 - 00:43:30

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