John AssarafBehavioral Neuroscience Researcher and Goal Achieving Expert. High Performance Consultant/Coach

How To Change Your Brain with One Simple Technique

Name: How To Change Your Brain with One Simple Technique
Uploaded: 2021-11-03T19:16:47+00:00
Duration: 38 s
Channel: John Assaraf
Description: Short YouTube talk by John Assaraf explaining that the brain resists change by triggering motor-cortex-driven reactions and rationalizations, and…

3 Nov 2021 · 1 min

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Short YouTube talk by John Assaraf explaining that the brain resists change by triggering motor-cortex-driven reactions and rationalizations, and introducing the concept of automaticity — repeated actions shift from conscious effort to automatic behaviors. The clip aims to show that understanding these brain responses lets a person override them and regain control.

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Our brain doesn't like change. So anytime that there is change, it'll send signals to the motor cortex of the brain. It'll send messages, and we'll start to rationalize. And when we understand what the brain does whenever we try to change, then we can start being in control of the brain and we can override the automatic responses. There's something called automaticity. And automaticity states anything that I repeat over and over and over again over a period of time will go from conscious effort, willpower, or persistence, and it'll become automatic.