Personal Development
How to stop sabotaging what you most deeply desire in life.

“Neurologically, when we get something we really want, we just start to want more. New research in the nature of the chemical dopamine — which was previously believed to be the driving force behind desire, lust and acquisition—proves that it is more complex than previously thought.”

“…So the big, huge goal that you’re working toward? You’ll get there, and then there will be another mountain to scale.

“This is one of the many reasons that we deeply sabotage what we truly want. We know, instinctively, that “arriving” won’t really give us the ability to abstain from life, it will only make us hungrier for more. Sometimes, we don’t feel up to that challenge.”

Article: Your Brain Is Secretly Wired To Resist What You Want Most