The need for challenge

Have you ever wondered why we humans need "challenge" ? Have you ever wondered why, to get a satisfying life, do we need to test ourselves?

I don't say it. A coaching guru does not even say it. It is not even a matter of whims or a simple need to show off.

It is a real physiological need . I will tell you more: we are talking about the secret weapon that mother nature has given us. The tool that evolution has given us and that has allowed us to become what we are now.

Technically it is called "learning dopaminergic" and in simple words it works like this: life offers us a situation to manage, a problem to be solved, a challenge to overcome. At this point, we begin to think and act to face and win this challenge. At one point our thoughts and actions lead us to the solution of the problem . The situation is managed and we win the challenge .

Here the "Dopaminergic Learning" comes into action: the new behaviors that have allowed us to win our challenge have produced new neuroconnections . These neuroconnenesions, being linked to behaviors that led us to success, are fixed and reinforced by dopamine : the neurotransmitter that our brain releases when we live pleasant situations.

So here is that putting the winning behaviors into practice we overcome the challenge, and while we do it we feel pleasure . We are therefore pushed to repeat these behaviors and to look for new challenges, to find the simple pleasure of doing it .

My suggestion, therefore, is to make sure to always face some challenges. Small or big does not matter. Maybe in sport, for example running your first 10 km or your first ultra-marathon. Maybe in professional life, finally dedicating yourself in search of the work of your dreams. Or in private life, losing those kg too much or saying "I love you" to someone ...

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