The Science of Setting & Achieving Goals
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In this episode, I discuss the science of setting, assessing, and pursuing goals. I explain the neural (brain) circuits that underlie goal setting and pursuit. Then I describe nine science-supported tools anyone can apply toward their goals. I explain when and how to use goal visualization, when to use multitasking and how to use specific rewards to improve the likelihood of reaching your goals. I also explain why envisioning failures and their consequences are effective and how to set goals of the appropriate level of challenge. I also explain how the molecule dopamine is used to gauge our progress toward milestones and long-term overarching goals and how to leverage dopamine for goal pursuit. Finally, I explain a unique tool called 'space-time bridging' that can be used to support all aspects of goal setting, assessment, and pursuit. This episode ought to be useful for anyone seeking to improve their performance in work, school, exercise, athletics, or personal development.
For the full show notes, visit hubermanlab.com.
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Timestamps
(00:00:00) The Neuroscience of Goals
(00:01:56) Tool 1: Learn Fast(er) by the 85% Rule
(00:06:18) Sponsors: AG1, LMNT
(00:13:55) Brain Circuits for Setting & Pursuing Goals
(00:21:52) Determining the Value of Goals
(00:24:33) Psychology of Goal Setting: Assessing Value, Action Steps
(00:30:29) Peripersonal Space vs. Extrapersonal Space
(00:35:39) Visually Focusing on a Goal Line Improves Performance
(00:43:50) How Vision Improves Performance: Blood Pressure
(00:51:55) Tool 2: Use Focal Vision to Initiate Goal Pursuit
(00:54:40) Tool 3: Use Aged Self-Images to Self-Motivate
(00:59:33) Tool 4: Visualization of Goals is Only Helpful at the Start
(01:02:05) Tool 5: Visualizing Failure is the Best Ongoing Motivator
(01:07:26) Tool 6: Make Goals Moderately Lofty
(01:13:05) Tool 7: Avoid Goal Distraction; Focus on 1-2 Major Goals Per Year
(01:15:57) Tool 8: Ensure Specificity of Goals, Weekly Assessment
(01:19:57) Dopamine, Motivation & Pleasure in Seeking Goals
(01:22:43) Dopamine Reward Prediction Error, Controlling Dopamine
(01:34:26) How Dopamine Influences Vision & Vice Versa
(01:38:10) Interim Summary of Goal-Pursuit Steps
(01:39:50) Tool 9: Space-Time Bridging
(01:49:59) Summary
(01:51:50) Subscribe, Sponsors, Supplements, Instagram, Twitter, Newsletter
Title Card Photo Credit: Mike Blabac
Disclaimer
In this episode, I discuss the science of setting, assessing, and pursuing goals. I explain the neural (brain) circuits that underlie goal setting and pursuit. Then I describe nine science-supported tools anyone can apply toward their goals. I explain when and how to use goal visualization, when to use multitasking and how to use specific rewards to improve the likelihood of reaching your goals. I also explain why envisioning failures and their consequences are effective and how to set goals of the appropriate level of challenge. I also explain how the molecule dopamine is used to gauge our progress toward milestones and long-term overarching goals and how to leverage dopamine for goal pursuit. Finally, I explain a unique tool called 'space-time bridging' that can be used to support all aspects of goal setting, assessment, and pursuit. This episode ought to be useful for anyone seeking to improve their performance in work, school, exercise, athletics, or personal development.
For the full show notes, visit hubermanlab.com.
Thank you to our sponsors
AG1: https://athleticgreens.com/huberman
LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/hubermanlab
Waking Up: https://wakingup.com/huberman
Momentous: https://livemomentous.com/huberman
Timestamps
(00:00:00) The Neuroscience of Goals
(00:01:56) Tool 1: Learn Fast(er) by the 85% Rule
(00:06:18) Sponsors: LMNT & Waking Up
(00:13:55) Brain Circuits for Setting & Pursuing Goals
(00:21:52) Determining the Value of Goals
(00:24:33) Psychology of Goal Setting: Assessing Value, Action Steps
(00:30:29) Peripersonal Space vs. Extrapersonal Space
(00:35:39) Visually Focusing on a Goal Line Improves Performance
(00:43:50) How Vision Improves Performance: Blood Pressure
(00:51:55) Tool 2: Use Focal Vision to Initiate Goal Pursuit
(00:54:40) Tool 3: Use Aged Self-Images to Self-Motivate
(00:59:33) Tool 4: Visualization of Goals is Only Helpful at the Start
(01:02:05) Tool 5: Visualizing Failure is the Best Ongoing Motivator
(01:07:26) Tool 6: Make Goals Moderately Lofty
(01:13:05) Tool 7: Avoid Goal Distraction; Focus on 1-2 Major Goals Per Year
(01:15:57) Tool 8: Ensure Specificity of Goals, Weekly Assessment
(01:19:57) Dopamine, Motivation & Pleasure in Seeking Goals
(01:22:43) Dopamine Reward Prediction Error, Controlling Dopamine
(01:34:26) How Dopamine Influences Vision & Vice Versa
(01:38:10) Interim Summary of Goal-Pursuit Steps
(01:39:50) Tool 9: Space-Time Bridging
(01:49:59) Summary
(01:51:50) Subscribe, Sponsors, Supplements, Instagram, Twitter, Newsletter
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The Huberman Lab podcast is hosted by Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., a neuroscientist and tenured professor in the department of neurobiology, and by courtesy, psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford School of Medicine. The podcast discusses neuroscience and science-based tools, including how our brain and its connections with the organs of our body control our perceptions, our behaviors, and our health, as well as existing and emerging tools for measuring and changing how our nervous system works.
Huberman has made numerous significant contributions to the fields of brain development, brain function, and neural plasticity, which is the ability of our nervous system to rewire and learn new behaviors, skills, and cognitive functioning. He is a McKnight Foundation and Pew Foundation Fellow and was awarded the Cogan Award, given to the scientist making the most significant discoveries in the study of vision, in 2017.
Work from the Huberman Laboratory at Stanford School of Medicine has been published in top journals, including Nature, Science, and Cell, and has been featured in TIME, BBC, Scientific American, Discover, and other top media outlets.
In 2021, Dr. Huberman launched the Huberman Lab podcast. The podcast is frequently ranked in the top 10 of all podcasts globally and is often ranked #1 in the categories of Science, Education, and Health & Fitness.