We all had those days where things feel a bit overwhelming. Perhaps it is work -related, or something that happens at home, or maybe you are just in a funk.
Regardless of the situation it happens to our best of us. The age -old saying “When it becomes difficult, the tough can start”, however, may apply even more than initially known.
No matter how difficult it seems, or at that time, neuroscientist and 'Huberman Lab' Podcast -Gastheer, Andrew Huberman, gave strong advice about how to break out of the malaise.
While speaking on the podcast 'The Joe Rogan Experience', Huberman explained that the best way to penetrate is to do something even more difficult than everything you currently stand for.
“What is very clear is that when you suffer, whether you are lazy or you postpone, something that is more difficult than the state in which you are, you bounce back much faster,” says Huberman. “This is all based on the dynamics of Dopamine.”
He explains that although many people are going to do something like 'cleaning the house', or something easier than what they are trying to do, it should be the exact opposite.
As Huberman challenges details details, dopamine will use a higher level and make another “other person”.
It is an interesting breakdown of how dopamine works and can help people to break through these difficult times or overcome mental roadblocks while performing those discouraging tasks. The approach is very logical, and from Huberman's comments it sounds as if his mentality focuses on something that is considered “harder”, even if the project is not directly related to what it is that you hold.
Try it and see how your body and mind react the next time you are in a rut or struggle to get through a project. Whatever it is, I am sure that we would all welcome a path that leads to daily improved production.
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Andrew Huberman tells Joe Rogan that does a little harder, you can push through difficult times that first appeared on Herenjournaal on June 6, 2025
