Supriya Garg

“Let’s say you are trying to run further than you ever have. When you start to feel tired, you tell yourself you are just going to get to the end of this road. When you do, you mentally give yourself a pat on the back for achieving it. You see it as a sign that you are on the right track. This internal reward to yourself gives you a dopamine release. This suppresses the noradrenaline that causes you to give up. As a result, you get an extra boost to keep going for a bit longer.”
― Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

“When you are low on energy, the chance of exercising goes down, along with your mood. Low mood gives you the urge to do the things that make mood worse.”
― Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

“Albert Einstein reportedly once said, ‘If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend fifty-five minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions”
― Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

“Values are the things you do, the attitude you do them with and why you choose to do them. They are not who you are and who you are not. They are not something you have or become or achieve or complete.”
― Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?