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Playing video games neglecting chores Eating an entire box of oreo cookies and then hitting the gym 7 days a week Lounging in office and then battling deadlines Losing oneself in daydreaming and missing  a flight The above are some of the common things one does repeatedly and is unable to break the spiral.Repeatedly indulging in such things takes us away from our goal and makes us why we are not able to stop.Despite putting in efforts to stop,we're unable to stop. Let us explore the reasons behind being unable to stop. The main reason for being unable to stop is because our brain is hardwired to chase pleasure and the above things feel good and pleasurable to it.Furthermore, due to doing them repeatedly, our brain thinks of them as familiar by now and is hardwired move towards what feels familiar. The good news though is that our brain is plastic and we can change these patterns by making the familiar unfamilar and the unfamiliar familiar.This would entail taking tiny ...

Success is likened to a big Ferrari and a house in the Bahamas overlooking the sea for the rich and elite.It is that new closed deal after which one manufacturing company will acquire the assets of another .It is that admit into Stanford or Yale.It is that private equity job someone landed at KKR.It is those new Cartier watches and that ride on the Lambourghini. It is two square meals in sub-saharan Africa.It is a pitcher of clean drinking water.It is admit to a school in war torn Syria.It is a night of peace without any bomb going off during war. It is that successful zazen you conducted with the team at the dhamma centre.It is mindfulness and peace.It is yoga and green tea without any stress.It is that trip to the Himalayas wherein you don’t have cell phone network and hence loads of tranquility. Success means different things to different people depending upon where they’re at in life. Determine what it means for you and then chase it relentlessly. There is ...