دانلود کتاب هک عصبی – روش های طبیعی برای افزایش انرژی، خواب عمیق، کاهش استرس و یادگیری سریعتر

Let’s begin our volume by examining a truth, perhaps banal yet extremely valuable: before embarking on any process of self-optimization and improvement, it is necessary to cultivate an “adventurer’s mindset,” an explorer’s mindset. We must allow ourselves to adopt new belief systems, opening up the possibility of setting aside everything we have believed up to a certain point, if necessary. Admittedly, this might initially seem like simplistic self-help rhetoric or an oversimplification of complex concepts. However, as we delve into the following chapters, you’ll also find that this approach is firmly rooted in solid scientific foundations. This starting point in fact becomes crucial not only because, as human beings, we tend to easily trap ourselves in the same routines, mistaking them for intentional processes (we believe in something, behave in certain ways, often because we’ve always done things that way), but also because we tend to underestimate our room for maneuver in prompting potential change. We tend to downplay both our actual ability to recognize these routines and strive to break free from them, as well as the enormous positive impact that would result. We “surrender” to the comforting irresponsibility of routine, convinced of nonexistent higher limitations in reality, our genetics, or destiny. We give up exploring different possibilities of what we could be or do, simply due to a lack of courage, imagination, or firm beliefs that the quality of our existence can be much better than this. A blocking, dysfunctional, static belief system tends to profoundly influence both our natural ability to process new information and behaviors, and our ability to express them through the formation of new synaptic connections (the crucial neuroplasticity we talked about earlier); this has an impact that, as we will see, can even go beyond the purely psychological level and reach the physical, biological one. There are many factors that can fuel such a system, but if we were to isolate the most impactful ones, they might be: 1. We are convinced that we cannot improve. Whether it’s due to personal history, a temporary phase of fatigue, or never having adopted effective improvement tools, it’s possible that we lack real confidence in our ability to enhance our capacity to learn, work, understand, “think better,” and be more energetic and happy. Considering that nobody will ever do their best in a task they secretly believe they cannot complete, this “prophecy” will inevitably turn out to be self-fulfilling. 2. We have become unaccustomed to constructively dealing with discomfort. Simply put, if out of fear, laziness, culture, or habit, we are not inclined toward a certain degree of self-discipline and therefore necessary resistance to discomfort and risk, it is clear that any response we have to a growth opportunity, even if extraordinarily rich, will ultimately be its rejection. If we excessively prioritize maintaining “order” and preserving the status quo, we will preemptively reject any option capable of offering us real value. The worst part is that often this refusal might be supported by a mix of denial and rationalization, culminating in the creation of true “narrative escape routes.” That is, just to justify our “I don’t feel like taking on this difficulty,” we fill ourselves with false pretenses: “After all, what use would it really be?” Or we project ourselves into those terrifying vicious circles fueled by the unhealthy idea of finding happiness, fulfillment, and success always elsewhere: in another activity, another place. Ignoring that all these alternatives might still be completely unproductive without a minimum willingness on our part to advance within them, accept the challenges they entail, and take care of their “imperfections.” It’s a bit like when a tired college student starts contemplating a thousand alternative life paths, ranging from dancing to soccer to streaming on YouTube, ignoring that even these paths, so fascinating in ideality, will actually require considerable effort to produce significant results. As is well known: few things in nature are as effective as our brain when it sets the goal of finding valid reasons to avoid doing something. 3. We get stuck due to a lack of satisfying direction. Our brains crave clarity and direction. This wouldn’t be a problem in itself if it weren’t for the fact that it’s nearly impossible to have all the answers ahead of time. We love to believe in myths like the “ideal path” or the “perfect dream” (which have become entrenched in our society, unsurprisingly, as they are extraordinarily marketable) and we believe that, suddenly, the right intersection of choices will make us feel perfectly at home in our corner of the universe. However, reality is often different, often much more complicated. The inevitable complexity of our journeys will require us to work experimentally more frequently; to find and set a desirable direction, yes, but to allow it to remain imperfect, scattered with moments that make us feel like strangers. Few things of value will make us feel “perfectly at home”; for everything else, we’ll have to accept all the uncertainties and flaws that come with it, proceed one small step at a time, learn from feedback, revise the assumptions, and move forward.