Makes a lot of sense.

The audio book was very informative. It helped me understand what is happening to me with my strong urges of wanting to binge. Understanding dopamine makes a lot of sense. The author guides you through on how to deal with your intense cravings.

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Very Brief, Lacks Depth and Nuance

To be fair this book says "short guide" in the title and it is just that. Mostly recommending having 48 hours to remove things that are stimulating (including emails, social media, television, processed food, exercise, sugar, etc). The book lacked some deeper explanations of how our bodies process and engage with dopamine as well as how this varies between individuals. I would love to have some discussion of ADHD and neuro-atypical individuals and how dopamine can operate differently or the fact that the number one treatment for ADHD is in fact stimulants as well as things like exercise. And also not really explaining how different stimulants do not all provide dopamine the same way (exercise is like an extended release of dopamine that doesn't jerk your system around unlike say a Red Bull energy drink which dumps lots into the system which forces a different response from your body). I think there are some interesting reflections here to explore about how we engage, crave, and justify constant stimulation from our environments despite often seeing diminishing rewards. However I also am tired of the thrust of most personal growth writing which tends to lead to life hacks on your nervous system so you can be MORE production. I am not trying to gear my life around productivity but presence and deep self-care. I am not interested in hustle culture. I appreciate when self-awareness is about learning to honor our nervous system for resiliency and sustainability more than how can I hot wire my nervous system to get more product out of it. But to each their own. I also didn't feel like this explores how some activities release things like oxytocin (which the author discusses brings in more relaxation and suggests reduces dopamine) but also increases dopamine--such as hugs and deep connection with others. Again very quick brief thoughts on how someone might consider reducing stimulation that drives dopamine off the charts but felt lacking in addressing lots of folks whose system may engage differently with dopamine and deeper explanations of the how and why are bodies engage with things like dopamine to begin with.

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Wow

Woke me up to all the distractions I have allowed in to prevent me from being my best self

Love it!

I love how short is it. To the point and very simple english. Journalling in the action steps has already given me so much awareness of how over stimulated I am. Thank you!

Love it

Love this book! It’s very helpful, simple, and practical. The explanation is to the point!

Short, simple, effective

Although it’s only about an hour to read, I spent about 4 hours on it bc I reread certain portions up to 5x and worked through the workbook at the same time. Highly motivating and easy to understand, the author does a great job of explaining just how important regulating your dopamine is. Thankful for this book and the positive effect it’ll have on my life now that I’ve read it!

Short and to the point

It was a great short listen, with tons of advice and examples. Easy to follow and never lost interest

There’s zero added value

There’s zero added value in this book, better off reading an article, not worth it

Just trying to up sell

Just a promotion for his other books, look elsewhere The Dopamine Fast by Harry Harding was better.

Straight to the point

This book is very short but tackle very important habits to rethink our everyday routines. As a summary the Author point out how focus, consistency and impact can change our performance in life.