Dopamine was discovered in the brain in 1957 by Kathleen Montagu, a researcher working in a laboratory at the Runwell Hospital near London. Initially, dopamine was seen simply as a way for the body to produce a chemical called
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“Our genes do not eliminate the need for hard work. They clarify it. They tell us what to work hard on. Once we realize our strengths, we know where to spend our time and energy. We know which types of opportunities to look for and which types of challenges to avoid. The better we understand our nature, the better our strategy can be.”
― Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
― Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
“In anything you do, it takes no talent to work hard. You just have to want to do it.”
― Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable
― Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable
“We define nostalgia as a yearning for the way things used to be in our often idealized and self-protective version of the past.”
― Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
― Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
“Interestingly, research shows that in the short term, we tend to regret bad outcomes where we took action. However, when we reflect back over the long term, we more often regret the actions we didn’t take—what we didn’t do—and we think of those as missed opportunities.”
― Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
― Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
“The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”
― You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times
― You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times
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