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#### [[Motivation and obsession are indistinguishable to an outside perspective]]
What is the inner feeling behind [[motivation]]? What is the inner feeling behind [[obsession]]?
Similarly to [[Our brain actively inhibits us from processing repressed emotions]], our [[brain]] has some level of control over what we are thinking about: [[Neurodivergent people cannot stop their brain from solving problems]]
#TO/EXPLORE/RESEARCH are they also indistinguishable from an internal perspective? i.e. [[Dopamine]]
- explains:: [[The most reliable path to success is repeatedly trying to succeed]]
- part of:: [[Right kinds of thoughts lead to right kinds of actions]]
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**Status**:: #EVER/SEED
*edited January 23, 2022*
**Topics**:: [[motivation]], [[human behavior]], [[obsession]]