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Extend your Tolerance Control:
When something is easy for us (in our comfort zone), it feels comfortable
because our brain thinks: ‘Yeah, you can do it!’ and releases dopamine, one of the
Feel Good Chemicals, into our body.
The nice feeling dopamine gives makes us want to do it even more
(which is why dopamine is called the motivator).
Even thinking about doing a task we feel good at can release
dopamine into our system.
When a task is difficult, boring or a does not meet
our needs in some way, stress chemicals are
released into our body. It can give us an
unpleasant feeling.
The trick is to train our brain to tolerate that unpleasant
feeling for longer and longer each time so in the end our
brain finds it easier and not so unpleasant.
We call this great at being in the GROWTH ZONE!
