Z's 3-in-3 ⋆ 3 neuroscience backed steps for increased motivation ⋆ The art of showing up ⋆ Can you get what you want?

Z's 3-in-3 ⋆ 3 neuroscience backed steps for increased motivation ⋆ The art of showing up ⋆ Can you get what you want?
By Zvonimir Fras • Issue #37 • View online
Reading time: ~2:20 min
  1. 3 neuroscience backed steps for increased motivation
  2. The art of showing up
  3. Can you get what you want?
If someone forwarded you this email 📨, it’s because they think you’re smart 🧠 and curious 🤔. You should subscribe 👈.

Thing 1 - 3 neuroscience backed steps for increased motivation
  1. View morning sunlight ☀️ for 10min
  2. Exercise 🏋 for 1hr in the first 3-4 hours of waking
  3. Do some hard mental work 🧠 for 60-90min in the first 3-4 hours of waking
Yes, do all three.
Yes, I’m aware this is a cliché morning routine of successful people.
Maybe it’s a cliché because it works?
Neural circuits in charge of motivation involve basal ganglia (controls action and prevention of action), dopamine (neuromodulator), and other brain areas.
Thing 2 - The art of showing up
You can’t win the lottery if you don’t buy the ticket.
To make a permanent change, you need to become a person who does X.
Will that happen if you go all in, and burn out within a week? No.
A habit must be established before it can be improved. If you can’t learn the basic skill of showing up, then you have little hope of mastering the finer details. Master the art of showing up.
- James Clear
James Clear suggests a radical approach along the lines of:
Allow yourself to do only the first 2 min of the habit every day for 6 weeks.
  • You’ll build a habit you can improve.
  • You’ll become hungry for more. You’ve just teased yourself for 6 weeks.
Thing 3 - Can you get what you want?
The world is a malleable place. If you know what you want, and you go for it with maximum energy and passion, the world will often reconfigure itself around you much more quickly and easily than you would think.
- Marc Andreessen
Most people you know live on autopilot. If you go for what you want with a relentless force, they’ll move away, or help you be on your way - just so they can get back to their routine.
This works even (especially) in places where you’d expected it to work the least - large organizations. The more mud, the better vigor will work.
In a mud race between a horse and a cow, unexpected things happen - the cow wins.
Did you just call me a cow, Z? I don’t know, did I? 😉
This doesn’t mean it’s easy.
It’s easier to wave your arms in the air than under water.
How do you sustain the maximum energy and passion needed, over a long period of time?
  1. Show up
  2. Improve 1% every day
  3. Set up systems for success
See ya next week,
Cheers, Zvonimir
Did you enjoy this issue?
Zvonimir Fras

Smart. Entertaining. Helpful.
3 things in 3 minutes.
Because you have things to do.

And reading long email ain't one of them.

3-in-3 started as a weekly email I blast to a select group of my smart friends. And now you can get in on the action.

In order to unsubscribe, click here.
If you were forwarded this newsletter and you like it, you can subscribe here.
Powered by Revue
Zvonimir Fras, 800 Steeles Ave. W, #B10182 Thornhill, ON, L4J 7L2

Key phrases

Older messages

Z's 3-in-3 ⋆ How To Quit Bad Habits Without Willpower: 4 Secrets From Neuroscience ⋆ No exceptions ⋆ Is it research... or procrastination?

Monday, October 10, 2022

Reading time: ~2 min How To Quit Bad Habits Without Willpower: 4 Secrets From NeuroscienceNo exceptio Z's 3-in-3 ⋆ How To Quit Bad Habits Without Willpower: 4 Secrets From Neuroscience ⋆ No

Z's 3-in-3 ⋆ Is 🌶️ good for you? ⋆ The magic of skill ⋆ Too important not to defy

Monday, October 3, 2022

Reading time: ~2 min Good news for chili 🌶️ lovers?The magic of skillToo important not to defyIf some Z's 3-in-3 ⋆ Is 🌶️ good for you? ⋆ The magic of skill ⋆ Too important not to defy By Zvonimir

Z's 3-in-3 ⋆ Scared? Do this. ⋆ Flying around a tornado (VIDEO) ⋆ Whisper (and AI will still hear you)

Monday, September 26, 2022

Reading time: ~3 min Whisper (and AI will still hear you)Flying around a tornado (VIDEO)Scared? Do th Z's 3-in-3 ⋆ Scared? Do this. ⋆ Flying around a tornado (VIDEO) ⋆ Whisper (and AI will still

Z's 3-in-3 • Tips to get you through Monday's slump • Things happen. What do you do? • Make it 'till you make it

Monday, September 19, 2022

Reading time: ~2 min Tips to get you through Monday's slumpThings happen. What do you do?Make it 'til Z's 3-in-3 • Tips to get you through Monday's slump • Things happen. What do you do

Z's 3-in-3 • Is this the future of home entertainment? • Millions of new millionaires • What are you excited about at the moment?

Monday, September 12, 2022

Reading time: ~2:50 min Millions of new millionairesIs this the future of home entertainment?What are Z's 3-in-3 • Is this the future of home entertainment? • Millions of new millionaires • What

You Might Also Like

👀 3 small biz ideas you’ve never thought about

Thursday, March 28, 2024

These unconventional Main Street biz's will raise your eyebrows... 3 small biz ideas you've probably never thought about Hey Contrarians, 🚨 Brace for impact 🚨 Our BigDeal podcast is coming to

3-2-1: On muddy puddles and leaky ceilings, the secret to productivity, and how to spoil a great relationship

Thursday, March 28, 2024

3 ideas, 2 quotes, and 1 question to consider this week. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

24 Hours Left: Grab Your Discounted CEX Ticket Now!

Thursday, March 28, 2024

Last call to save on your ticket - spring pricing goes away at the end of March ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Every cold outreach intro:

Thursday, March 28, 2024

I'm so impressed by what you are doing ‌ ‌ ‌ We have 4 updates for you this week: 1. On Peep's Mind Every cold outreach starts with a variation of "I'm so impressed by what you're

Here's What You Missed

Thursday, March 28, 2024

Last week, David hosted a live Q&A about all things writing and Write of Passage. Here are ten of the best questions we covered. Write of Passage logo transparent-1 The Write of Passage Bootcamp is

Do you know where your burnout is hiding?

Thursday, March 28, 2024

When “outer work” meets “inner work” ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Beard Dough

Thursday, March 28, 2024

When Russians paid the government for the right to have facial hair ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

🧙‍♂️ 6 new sponsorships opps we hunted down

Thursday, March 28, 2024

Plus secret research on Lululemon, NerdWallet, and WHOOP ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

It's Q2: Time to build

Thursday, March 28, 2024

When people ask what Copywriting Course is, I have to explain it's actually a series of courses. It's like a tote bag that comes with a bunch of items: ​ You don't become a world-class

• Email marketing for authors + posts to 100K FB Group readers + Tweets

Thursday, March 28, 2024

Reserve your date... Email Marketing for Authors by ContentMo enable images to see this "Books of the Day" Promotions for Authors and Publishers with Social Media Extras! Dates Fill Up Fast,