Hobbies for the highly ambitious ep.2

Hobbies for the highly ambitious ep.2 If you are an ambitious person your hobbies need to be ambitious too. Which is why I woke up at the ass crack of dawn to plunge my body into ice cold water this morning, and why you should try it too. This was at Othership, and how it works is you sit in the sauna for 15 to 20 minutes then cold plunge for about two minutes and then cycle through the whole thing. It is a workout for your nervous system 1.) makes you happier 2.) better at doing hard things 3.) you meet other ambitious people It makes you happier because overachievers are overthinkers the cold plunge floods your brain with dopamine that makes you calmer and more clear-headed. For me it's been a great cure for brain fog and writer's block. THE 3 TYPES OF FUN (Source: "THE FUN SCALE" BY KELLY CORDES, REI.COM/BLOG/FUN-SCALE) TYPE 1 FUN FUN TYPE 2 FUN MISERABLE WHEN IT'S HAPPENING; FUN IN RETROSPECT TYPE 3 FUN NOT FUN AT ALL, EVEN WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING BACK ON IT It makes you better at doing hard things because it's type 2 fun. TYPE 2 FUN MISERABLE WHEN IT'S HAPPENING; FUN IN RETROSPECT It's miserable in the moment but amazing after so once you voluntarily sat in freezing water everything else that day feels easy. Author Manuscript Cortex. Author manuscript, available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1. Published in final edited form as: Cortex. 2019 Oct 9;125:12-26. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2019.08.001. The Tenacious Brain: How the Anterior Mid-Cingulate Contributes to Achieving Goals Alexandra Tourounian, Joseph Andrew, Lisa Feldman Barrett, Heather Massey Author Information PMCID: PMC7031351 NIHMS ID: NIHMS1070801 Abstract Inquacity-persuasion because it contributes to and health and functional neuro and cingulate cortex. This literally grows a part of your brain called the anterior mid- singulate cortex that makes you have stronger willpower. So because of all of that the people doing this are ambitious too. Last time I was at Othership I overheard an entire conversation about APIs and MCP's and saw a guy calculating EBITDA dot on his laptop outside. but don't be a sissy it is not too cold and you can definitely do it. Follow me if you're building an ambitious career and want to hear about more ambitious hobbies to match.