The Ledger
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Dial: Workaholism is the only addiction that society actively praises and rewards
“Which is hard because in society that's like the only addiction that's actually praised. Oh my God, you weren't making a bunch of money, you're successful, and everyone's like praising you for it.”
Dial: I've only ever met one entrepreneur who isn't emotionally damaged
“No, there might be like one or two that's not, but I've met one.”
Dial: Believing business success requires sacrificing family is a scarcity mindset
“The thing is, is like, I think that's an old paradigm of like, if I want to be successful, Then I, it, my relationship with my wife needs to, you know, hurt because of that. I don't get to see my children as much because of that. That is a, like, a scarcity mi…”
Dial: Business owners should intentionally feed their brains daily problems to solve
“If your brain is a problem solving tool, then my goal for myself and clients that I work with, especially business owners is bring problems to figure out every single day because your brain wants to do that thing. You know, it's like, that's what your brain is…”
Dial: If you wonder if someone drains your energy, they probably do
“If you're questioning whether somebody is a battery, like a battery or a vacuum, they're probably a vacuum. Like if you're questioning it, you're probably, they're teetering on like taking energy from you.”
Dial: A close friend becoming obese increases your obesity risk by 38%
“There's a statistic that found that if you have one friend that you're close to become obese, you have a 38% higher chance of becoming obese, because we become the people we spend the most time with.”
Dial: Top performers rely on environment design rather than raw willpower
“And what I found was that they are not the type of person who just has hardcore willpower. It's that they design an environment Where their willpower isn't tested.”
Dial: True self-development is a process of subtraction, not addition
“What I realized is that the real true version of self development is actually subtraction, not addition. So like there's certain aspects of myself I need to get rid of. Or I need to let go of, or not let run the show all of the time. And so, for me, it's actua…”
Dial: People only change when staying the same becomes more painful
“The only time that somebody will really make a change in their life is when the pain of staying the same is more painful than the pain of change.”
Dial: Preparing to focus releases stress-linked acetylcholine and epinephrine in the brain
“When your brain is getting ready to focus, it releases two things. It releases acetylcholine and it releases epinephrine. And so those two things, acetylcholine and epinephrine, are what make you start to focus in on something. The problem with that is that ac…”
Dial: Pushing through six minutes of task anxiety unlocks focused flow states
“So all you have to do is fight through on average the first six minutes. And that's it. And you fight through those six minutes and your brain will actually start to become more focused. That's one of the most interesting things that I think is when we feel st…”
Dial: Eating chocolate post-workout boosts next-day gym attendance
“They've actually found that there for people, if you have a small piece of chocolate, cause chocolate releases dopamine as well. You have a small piece of chocolate after working out, you're more likely to show up the next day to work out again.”
Dial: Human brains are evolutionarily hardwired with a negativity bias
“Negativity bias, which is, like, we are wired to be negative. Like, that is the way that it works. And so, like, I don't know any specific data around, you know, like, successful people, unsuccessful people, but what I do know is that People inherently are neg…”
Dial: I deleted social media from my phone despite having 600,000 followers
“I don't have any social media on my phone anymore because I noticed that I would pick it up and I'd immediately just somehow be on Instagram. Like it was a reactionary thing. And so for the past six months, like I haven't had Instagram on my phone. And so I ha…”
Dial: Cocaine raises dopamine levels by about 250%
“When you do when you do cocaine, usually your dopamine goes up by about 250%.”
Dial: Celebrate immediate actions over distant outcomes to build consistency
“Most people have results based goals, which is like when I lose those 30 pounds, what I want to celebrate is what's I want to create as action based goals. What's the action that I need to do in order to get to this place. And when I get done with the action, …”