The brain’s “feel good” chemical is dopamine. Its significance in motivation, pleasure and reward is beyond comparison.

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By avoiding the quick dopamine spikes from screens and replacing them with positive, physical, and mentally stimulating activities, you prime your brain to perform at a high level naturally.

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When something better than expected happens, dopamine spikes, reinforcing behaviors that lead to the reward. If things go worse, dopamine activity drops, discouraging that behavior. 2.

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These easy dopamine fixes cause brief neurochemical spikes that then crash out and make us feel quite low. Subscribe to the Daily newsletter. Fast Company's trending stories delivered to you every day ...