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"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?"