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Extend your Tolerance Control:

When a task is easy (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 (like cooking for

you) can release dopamine into our system.

When a task is difficult or boring, or if we are not

sure if the people around us like and care for us,

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 we get

great at finishing even long, boring tasks or noisy places.

We call this great at being in the GROWTH ZONE!