The Brain Food Podcast

Ep862 You Are Not Lazy

raheem

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In this episode, we break down The 95% Rule—the cognitive reality that roughly 95% of your daily actions, decisions, and behaviors are entirely automated by your subconscious mind. Your conscious mind (the part of you that plans, sets goals, and tries to force discipline) is running on just 5% of your brain's processing power. When you try to change your life using raw willpower alone, you are quite literally bringing a knife to a laser fight.