CIA Taught Me to Hack My Own Brain By Doing This

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摘要

TLDRThe discussion centers on the psychological perception of feeling trapped, which is less about physical constraints and more about lacking momentum. Emphasizing the importance of momentum, it explains how CIA operations utilize psychological research to maintain progressive success, which boosts tenacity and morale. Feeling stuck often indicates a lack of momentum; therefore, achieving small victories in different aspects of life—such as career, relationships, and health—can compound to create momentum. This momentum alters brain chemistry, balancing chemicals like cortisol and dopamine, and increases confidence, encouraging risk-taking behaviors essential for further victories. Consistency in achieving these small victories leads to overcoming the stuck feeling. The conversation also highlights how small relational gestures can become victories, helping shift perspectives and spark ideas to resolve bigger issues.

心得

  • 🔄 Feeling stuck is often due to a lack of momentum, not being physically trapped.
  • 🏆 Small victories in life can create the momentum needed for larger successes.
  • 🧠 Momentum changes brain chemistry, increasing confidence and willingness to take risks.
  • ❤️ Building small relationships victories can shift perspectives and provide clarity.
  • 🔬 The brain thrives on progressive success, which enhances tenacity and morale.
  • 🌱 Consistent small wins in various life areas lead to greater overall momentum.
  • 📊 Cortisol levels drop as momentum builds, breaking the cycle of feeling stuck.
  • 🔗 Meaningful conversations with loved ones can provide necessary small wins.
  • 💪 Achieving goals in fitness, mental, social, and spiritual aspects can rebuild confidence.
  • ⚙️ The process requires consistency, follow-through, and adaptability.

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    Feeling trapped is about lacking momentum rather than being stuck. The CIA emphasizes building momentum through small victories, as progress instills confidence and willingness to take risks, which leads to further successes. This process alters brain chemistry, reducing cortisol and increasing dopamine and adrenaline, promoting a belief in achievable change. Small victories in various life aspects, such as relationships, work, fitness, and diet, help overcome this feeling of being stuck and enhance growth and improvement.

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视频问答

  • What does feeling stuck psychologically mean?

    It refers to lacking momentum and the sense of not progressing, which affects motivation and morale.

  • How can small victories help overcome the feeling of being stuck?

    Small victories build momentum, change brain chemistry positively, and boost confidence, helping overcome the feeling of being stuck.

  • What is the role of cortisol when feeling stuck?

    High cortisol levels can make you believe that change is impossible, decreasing motivation and confidence.

  • How are momentum and confidence related?

    Building momentum through small victories enhances confidence as it creates a belief in achieving higher goals.

  • Why does the speaker emphasize small victories across different life areas?

    Achieving victories in various areas like career, relationships, and health creates a holistic momentum that reinforces confidence.

  • What is one strategy mentioned for gaining a small victory in relationships?

    Engaging in meaningful conversations with your partner or expressing appreciation can serve as small victory moments.

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    so the sense of feeling trapped
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    psychologically the way that the brain
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    interacts with that feeling of being
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    trapped it's not about being stuck it's
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    about not having what we call Momentum
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    now CIA operations are all built around
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    momentum um we believe because of
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    psychological research that when the
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    when the brain believes that it has uh
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    Progressive success it has more tenacity
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    it has more grit yeah right uh anybody
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    who's ever been in a firefight they
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    usually talk about the fact that there's
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    a time when the firefight Chang
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    the momentum shifts and your goal is to
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    try to get the momentum back because
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    then you're there's just a a morale lift
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    and with that lift in morale there comes
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    a lift in capability a lift in capacity
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    a lift in skills there's all sorts of
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    phenomenal research out there that talks
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    about it so when people feel stuck what
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    they're actually feeling is a lack of
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    momentum so the way that CIA teaches us
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    to fix that is to start pursuing small
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    victories if you're feeling stuck in
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    your career you need to pursue small
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    victories small victories at work yes
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    but also small victories in your
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    relationship with your wife small
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    victories in your relationship with your
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    kids small victories in the gym small
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    victories in your diet because small
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    victories start to multiply and they
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    start to create momentum and that
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    momentum starts to physically change the
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    chemistry in your brain the cortisol
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    dopamine adrenaline balances so that now
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    all of a sudden you have more confidence
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    you're willing to take more risks and
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    risks are what you have to take to get
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    more victories right so it's this
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    compounding process process it's not a
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    hard process but it's a process that
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    requires consistency and follow through
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    anality and that's all it is so if you
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    feel stuck in your relationship you feel
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    stuck being single if you feel stuck
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    because you can't lose those 10 pounds
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    all you're really feeling is a lack of
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    momentum and as soon as you can build
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    some kind of momentum you will find that
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    you'll break out of that stuck position
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    very quickly not to mention the fact
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    that as you exercise in any kind of uh
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    area of improvement whether it's
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    physical Improvement or uh wealth
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    Improvement mental health Improvement
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    any kind of improvement anywhere you
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    start to have more uh more chemical uh
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    triggers that fire in your brain that
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    make you believe the next level is
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    achievable whereas when you have no
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    victories this the opposite happens and
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    the cortisol starts to make you believe
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    that change is
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    impossible outstanding yeah that's a
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    really good answer and I I couldn't
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    align with that more I mean uh like like
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    for me like uh especially if I'm if I'm
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    getting down like I have a heavy job you
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    do too like I have to start I have to
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    like okay let me hit the pause button I
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    feel myself getting down getting drugged
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    down let me go get some little wins in
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    my in my life like like Fitness I
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    Fitness is and with you know resiliency
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    we talk about the four pillars of
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    resiliency and I'll break it down like
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    that now that I'm aware of this you know
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    I have to have a mental mental Victory I
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    have to have a physical Victory I have
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    to have a social like with with my
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    circle of people like I have to be in
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    strong relationship check my check on
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    that and spiritually like I have to be
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    you know reground myself with my faith
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    and my relationship with God like all
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    those things like I have to have those
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    little victories and it brings a
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    confidence back over me and I'm like all
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    right I'm back like let's do it yeah it
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    gives you that context again it gives
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    you that reset you start to see what you
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    really value one of my favorite things
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    to to do whenever I'm struggling with
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    career with business with finances
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    whenever I feel myself struggling at all
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    one of the first places I go for a
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    little Victory is I go to my wife and
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    I'll just go to my wife and I'll try to
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    have an interesting conversation and
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    that's it it could be about current
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    events it could be about the kids it
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    could be about something I'm proud of in
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    my daughter's art or I'm proud of with
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    my son's reading it could be anything
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    right but what I find is if I take
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    something to my wife a small
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    relationship Victory with the person
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    who's dedicated their life to you is not
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    hard to achieve if anything the reason
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    you don't feel a victory with your
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    spouse is because you're on two
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    different tracks and you're not
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    communicating the things that you both
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    agree on because it's automatic it's
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    just it's automatic of course you know
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    your wife thinks that you're handsome
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    you know that you think your wife is
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    beautiful so you don't ever say that
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    because it's automatic but if you need a
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    victory if you need to build some
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    momentum it's not that hard to go up and
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    be like hey I just want you to know that
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    you're
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    beautiful and that's going to change her
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    entire day and she's going to look back
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    and she's going to do something she's
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    going to say something even if it's a
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    joke like my wife who would just say
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    shut up right you know that you've that
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    they're acknowledging what you just said
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    you'll see that smile you'll see that
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    twinkle in their eye and all of a sudden
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    there's a victory and then maybe they'll
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    say something to you that lifts you up
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    and then you'll be able to talk about
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    what's frustrating you at work and then
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    all of a sudden you feel release you
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    feel event you feel connected with your
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    partner and that might be all it takes
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    for you to be like oh I just had an idea
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    that's going to fix my problem yeah
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    [Applause]
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    right freshed
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  • psychology
  • momentum
  • small victories
  • CIA
  • motivation
  • success
  • relationships
  • brain chemistry
  • confidence
  • risk-taking