The Science Of Building Extreme Discipline - Andrew Huberman 

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I'm only here because of discipline. I was in severe depression for 5 years. The only way I get myself up every day isn't inspiration or hope. I get up because I believe that I need to be productive. If I'm choosing to remain in this world, I need to do what I was made for as a man. I need to work towards something.

I love how Dr Huberman always credits his colleagues whenever he cites their research. It's a sign of an honest, non-narcissistic man.

I’m proud of everyone here for taking steps to becoming the ideal version of themself. Progress isn’t linear, failing is guaranteed, and life is worthless unless you give it meaning. Best of luck to you all on your journeys

Self Discipline is total FREEDOM. Counterintuitive to most perspectives. It is a foundation of integrity. So solid that you have no concerns to even have to fight off... Why it's so peaceful... It is the way to have it all... The work and the play.❤

I was depressed since I was a child. I was in the streets at 10. I was an alcoholic by 14. I was in jail by 17. & I was selling fire arms by 18. I “was” depressed in these times… I turned that around when I realized this life is not all about me, I’m a man & I have shit to do. I’ve been 5 years away from that side of me. I’m perfecting the art of my own purpose now. & you’ll do the same my friend

00:01 Voluntary exercise has positive effects on health metrics, while forced exercise leads to negative impacts. 02:06 Stress enhances performance by harnessing ability to focus and memory formation 04:18 Willpower is not a limited resource, and it's related to motivation and discipline. 06:28 AMCC controls tenacity and willpower 08:33 Cardiovascular exercise at 65-70% heart rate can increase the size of AMCC. 10:23 Identify micro and macro sucks for better productivity 12:17 Deadlines and pressure can increase productivity 14:07 Pushing ourselves just a little bit beyond our sense of satisfaction. 15:58 Mud\Wtr is a healthy alternative to morning coffee

Forcing myself to do things I don't want to do (particular when it comes to physical suffering) ends up giving me more self confidence than anything else.

Huberman was great. I just wish that the interviewer would cut him off less often :(

Please stop interrupting him ffs

Stop the press. Been listening to huberman for years. But, I possibly just heard the most profound thing he's ever said. Starting from 10 minutes and 40 seconds. It is good to want things that suck. We should not only welcome those things, but we should desire them, and we should even celebrate them. They both literally and physiologically create life. We should not aim to remove all pain or all the things that suck from our life. Just the opposite. We should make sure we have them in our life. Point being, pain is okay. In fact, by design it is good. Wrapping my head and heart around this one is not easy.

Regarding that “do a little bit more” principal - According to Arnold Schwarzenegger, when he asked Muhammad Ali how many reps he did, this was Ali’s reply: “First, I go until I’m exhausted. Then I start counting reps.” On the self discipline front, one of the best pieces of advice I ever read was “Always do the hardest thing first.”

" You don't become confident by shouting affirmations in the mirror, but by having a stack of undiniable proof that you are who you say you are. Outwork your self-doubt .. " Alex Hormozi

Great episode. Key to survival is purpose. We all need one when we wake up in the morning, or we're just barely existing (if not already dead). Same as loneliness - it's not lack of companionship, it's lack of purpose.

When I was trying to dig myself out of this financial, mental and emotional hole I was in, I created this rule 'one shit thing a day'. Even if it was as small as a phonecall. I got myself out of that hole

I found self-discipline to be much easier when you love yourself, and you realize you’re doing these “things” for your betterment. Don’t really love yourself, it’s much harder to make the effort.

I listen to these podcasts/ RU-vid videos from the usual suspects regularly , and I love them. I’ve gained so much knowledge and appreciation for the hosts and the topics discussed. This makes me always question myself for personal improvement based from the info communicated …. However, I have one question/ thought pattern often which non of them seem to address…. I am a carpenter/ builder, done it since I was 16, now 34. All the training/ exercise advice they give seems to be aimed at people with ‘office jobs’ trying to get fit, or athletes trying maximise performance …. No criticism what so ever, but… If you’ve ever worked on a building site, particularly for long periods of time, it’s one of the most physically demanding career choices you could make. I work 9 hour days , 6 day a week humping timber, digging holes, pouring concrete etc etc. I’m not blowing my own trumpet, The point I’m getting at is… I’d be interested to hear some scientific data on people that work such physical lives, other than athletes. Ie construction workers, farmers, miners etc. we are exposed to lots of toxic chemicals, dust but that’s part of the job and we accept that our lives maybe cut short from the exposure. That being said, I’ve met some of the toughest, strongest most resilient people on building sites that do no other form of exercise. To add briefly to a long post, apologies…being British, I think the class system plays a huge part. Working class Northerners are a tough breed full stop.

I have mad respect for the people who designed the set, the director and gaffer. Amazing cinematography, I will definitely create the same look. Keep going good team work.

I love seeing how effin passionate Andrew is he’s sooo good.

Self Discipline is total FREEDOM. Counterintuitive to most perspectives. It is a foundation of integrity. So solid that you have no concerns to even have to fight off... Why it's so peaceful... It is the way to have it all... The work and the play.

This actually explains why extreme cold exposure is so effective at boosting someone's mindset! No one, and I mean NO ONE actually wants to do it, no matter how often one has already done it. So I guess the aMCC is highly affected by this practice. Very cool! (sorry for the obligatory pun)

I truly love when I learn new things and get new perspectives. Thanx so much

waking up for fajr in the cold winter definitely building my amcc.

Dr. Huberman is a blessing to us ✝️

ALWAYS ALWAYS show up for yourself 💪🏼

I love this because what motivates you is bigger than you. Lately I’ve been devoting myself to my higher self and service to the world and I’ve been so much more productive and disiplined

He didnt get to finish his point about Group A's 5 minute negative Video about stress vs. Groub B's 5 minute positive video about stress. I think i can draw the conclusion on my own, but I wanted to hear Huberman's take.

I do like that story about spending more energy thinking about whether to run or walk the next 50’ than the net difference between physically running and walking the next fifty feet

Very good interview and i really enjoy dr, Huberman’s podcasts! He was about to say something to explain further but the interviewer cuts to an example and couldn’t catch what the dr. was about to say.. thanks though to able to make everyone enjoy the subject!

I love the micro and macro sucks!! That helped me understand your point. I'm still not sure how to 'enjoy' the challenging or painful process but I'll definitely reflect on it. I totally understand that I've been programmed by reward and that's why exercise and healthy eating is hard to do on my own. That's a great revelation - thank you!

I think it's so true how you should confront the challenge that is darkest to you and only you. That's why so many people look outside but in reality only you'll know what's darkest to you. I love running, I can't get my head around why people struggle to go to the gym and run. It's like an actual addiction for me. However, even though I'll push myself... My AMCC is probably not growing from it. Therefore, I should tackle something like cooking for my family because you me cooking sucks.

This is so interesting! As well as useful, pertinent and actionable. Can't wait to watch the full episode.

I really like Andrew Huberman, I'm always interested in what he has to say.

nice. i rmemeber many years ago buddhist/hindu monks said the same things. like dandapanialso says "to build willpower do a little bit more than you set out to do". AMCC was legendary information

Dr Huberman is always a good listen. Very interesting

Thank you ,it helps to have a goal objective target.

good video. i needed this.

Love your podcasts 😊

Holy Moly, the production value is insane!!

Really great explanation given by thus man💯

This is the best looking podcast ever!

3:03/3:04 minute topic - tenacity and will power 6:21: research on humans and challenge impending feeling /still tenacity and willpower ... AMCC 7:40 - super agers and their AMCC

Fascinating! Wish the host had interrupted this expert a lot less

11:23 david goggins reference and callousing the mind 11:47 an engine you can devote to other things

The color grading, photography and the audio of this channel is so well taken care of and gorgeous! It looks so clean 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

This was really helpful

Glad to at least see the advertisement put at the end of video instead of in the middle or beginning like some other youtubers do.

amazing video thank you

More men like Andrew Huberman are needed in the world!

I loved this episode! Chris should learn to listen more though

Seriously not even 1 comment about the power of intention and believe here? This is for me the most important thing out of this 16 minutes, that if you believe that stress is bad, it's going to have bad impact on you, and I believe this is the same with everything. This shows exactly how the media, more specifically what we read and feed to our brains can have impact on our entire life and how quickly we can be switched.

The basis of this video exemplifies the basis of behavior where everything you do starts with an idea.

“Whether you think you can or can’t. You’re right.” - Henry Ford

This was a fascinating, important, well structured presentation. Nice job.

Daily Cold Shower, Sitting still

Love the random jump cut to a tighter shot of Andrew drinking his AG1 drink hahaha

it's so peaceful.

This is FASCINATING.

I just dont know how he could hit the upload button after rewatching his interview not realising how many times he cut huberman off before he could finish his point or story 😳

Watching a video about discipline was a micro-suck, but getting through it and learning was pleasant!

Awesome Thanks

Super interesting to hear this. A few years ago I had pushed myself to start going to the gym. It was challenging and I didn't want to do it, but I went anyways. I got in shape and ended up slowly not going anymore. Now, 3 years later, I've started going at least 5 days a week over the last 8 months... and although I'm now in the best shape of my life, and push myself super hard when I go. The struggle to want to go isn't there anymore. I actually really look forward to it. And I notice my ability to discipline myself is no where close to where it was a few years ago. So thank you for explaining this! It really clarified A LOT of what had created my self discipline back in the day. That same self discipline I had also gave me a much greater desire to live. So I guess this means its time to get after it again! haha

10:20 Hamza Ahmed: Do the hard work, especially when you don't feel like it.

Romans 3:27 talks about the law of faith (the word for faith is simply put persuasion). this conversation shows the truth of the law of faith and how real it is.

great video

My AMCC as a mom of twin toddlers must be HUGE 😂

Nice one

Let him complete a thought before you break his flow and talk about something.

Great piece. Our minds are crazy

Unlimited value

so how come this spectacular episode isn't on spotify?? first time coming here and i won't be leaving anytime soon :)

here for huberman. took away a lot from what he had to say but was really annoyed by the interviewer who instead of being curious and asking questions, came off as trying to go toe to toe and prove his own knowledge, even cutting huberman off multiple times. i actually don't think he asked a single question, just statements about what he knew in response to anything huberman said. not to mention the tone deaf boston marathon comment lol.

informative video, personally I think success is more about passion than (pure) discipline.

I've been noticing it my entire life. For example, I can walk far away from home and go back tired, and at the last kilometer I'd feel almost completely exhausted. But I have to force myself to walk that kilometer, and after completing this I feel like I'm alive, and no depression can push me to the ground.

This year's gonna be mine imma start working on myself n be the greatest of my blood line

Glad I'm not the only one with a micro-suck towards loading the dishwasher again and again and AGAIN!

I heard once that when your body screams to stop you are at 40% capacity. I just chant this in my head to push.

Great question about what are some micro sucks or macro sucks!

Don't give up on your mental battle

The bit about the AMCC not being involved if you simply enjoy something is interesting. I essentially hate every run that I do and I feel truly miserable in the last few minutes. I guess this means my AMCC is really being activates?

I was trying to write a book for the last 15 hours and am high on cocaine and heroin because it helps MY ADHD but im not making progress, and suddenly this pops up because im on my phone the entire time! Thank you 🙏

@02:51 shameless plug cracked me up 😂😂😂😂😂 love both your works btw ✌🏽

Game changer

main points I got from this: - mindset and beliefs greatly determine our perception and behaviour - willpower grows through facing and overcoming challenges in life (the things we don't want to do but know will be good for us, not things we already enjoy doing) - willpower is related to our will to live and continue living motivation and willpower is the car that drives us from apathy to tenacity - we can grow our willpower and change our lives in as little as 6 months so.. stay in a good mindset, willpower your way through hard tasks, give it a couple of months and see how you life is going

I've heard that "one more" thing being called "Dislocated Expectations" by James Appleton on Ross Edgley's video where he was doing hill intervals getting his land legs back. In that case it was James throwing the last (extra) rep at Ross, after Ross thought he was done. There's clearly a difference between adding one rep yourself and having one thrown at you after you just emptied the tank on the "last" rep of your workout.

If the AMCC is connected to our will to live does that mean that life is a chore we fundamentally don't want to do?

So basically: to be disciplined, do tiny little shitty things back to back. So to be more disciplined, be desciplined hahahha. This was mad fascinating regardless. Got me motivated to want to increase my AMI

this contradiction between the experiment with mice who are forced to exercise (negative physiological parameters), and forcing themselves on humans to exercise willpower as an amcc activation that brings benefits I understand it to mean that the key here is attitude - forcing oneself and sustaining action of one's own volition despite pain as a challenge has a positive effect, while forcing oneself with apathy without faith and will - without the desire to overcome, cutting oneself off - causes harm

Very interesting about Anorexia. I have one kid who had a year of high danger from this condition and it makes me wonder about repurposing the brain function for her studies , her coordination exercises (not aerobic stuff so much) - getting her that sense of reward via things that will actually help her

For my fellow Christians out there - the biblical pirnciples of not fulfilling the desires of the flesh, taking up your cross daily and the act of overcoming explained through science! How cool is that

Can we talk about a neural mechanism that explains the relationship between willpower, motivation, discipline, glucose, environmental influences, H & N neurotransmitters, AMCC, evolutionary psychology, and dopamine?

I like the background

5:05 from here on is excellent

So in the beginning Andrew says that voluntary exercise has positive effects while forced exercise has negative ones. But when it comes to pushing that extra mile for the amcc activation isn't that somewhat linked to forcing urself in some way? I just felt curious about this like is there any way to avoid said negative effects when forcing urself to keep persevering in any activity?

Impressed and inspired - think about it: now you have discovered the secret behind women living longer than men - most women have trained a lot to do the things they don't like to do, but they do those tasks anyway. I don't mean those that you secretly love to do or love to have done - but those that you do out of duty because nobody else does them or nobody else has the will-power enough to do. Looking forward to measurements of AMCC in both men and women! Stanford could challenge Harvard's longitudinal study, giving an explanation to men's and women's life-expectancy figures. If men would do more chores, they would live longer? I don't mean cold plunges and running until you vomit or sitting at your desk from 8 am to 2 am - I mean: picking up all the lego-pieces, again, wiping the bread crumbs, again, shifting the bedlinen, again, packing the lunch-boxes, again, cleaning the shower-cabin, again, repeating the same info for grandma, again, etc. Take deep breaths and do the chores, again, reasoning and managing your own feelings and those of the others... teaching them to handle tasks that are important, but not rewarding. Deep breaths, just do it - will-power, stamina, sisu.

Exercise, Intermittent Fasting and Cold Showers - Life changing and available to everyone - push yourself for one week and then you won’t want to stop you’ll have so much will power and momentum 💪

You said that mice forced to run had negative outcomes, but people forced to do 3hrs of cardio improved. Is there a contradiction?

By the way, Nick Bare just run a marathon under 2:40 🔝🔝 Such on point analogy made by Chris

Pranayama is a GAME CHANGER

9:00 so you say if I live all my life doing hard stuff that I don't want to do I'll live longer to keep doing stuff that I don't want to do? Wow! That's exciting!