"No-Go Moments": An Impulse Control Technique by Andrew Huberman
Charlotte Grysolle
Strengthen the neural circuit in your brain involved in suppressing action.
10 Feb 2023
To strengthen the willpower muscle, Huberman has a simple rule for himself:
25 times per day, he will suppress the desire to take an action. He calls these "no-go moments." Small moments where he'll purposefully not act on a thought or an urge.
"Something as trivial as having the urge to scroll through social media but refusing to pick up your phone can begin to train your No-Go circuit."
Sam Sager was doing multi-day fasting, and one of the things he learned that applies perfectly in this scenario:
When his body was "craving" food, he asked himself: "Am I more interested in feeling the experience of having this thing, or discovering the feeling of not having it?"