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Whenever you predict that an opportunity will be rewarding, your levels of dopamine spike in anticipation. And whenever dopamine rises, so does your motivation to act. It is the anticipation of a reward —not the fulfillment of it—that gets us to take action.

Sarah Atomic Habits, page 106 · January 29, 2025 Save to shelf
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