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Dopamine Detox: Is worth doing?? Or a Silicon valley trend

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The word Dopamine detox is getting trend in the Silicon Valley and people are responding and following this new type of fasting. But do you know what does it mean?  First of all, What is meant by Dopamine ? Dopamine is a chemical in the brain that is responsible for the feeling of satisfaction or after we've completed an important task, completed a project, reaches a goal or even reached one our markers towards our goal. As we get closer towards our goals, our metric tells us that we're making progress and we get another little hit of dopamine to keep us going. Then finally we reach our goal that intense feeling of "got it" is a big hit of Dopamine for all our hard work.  As we get closer to our goals our metric tells us that we're making progress and we get another little hit of dopamine to keep us going. For example: A marathon runner who passes each mile toward the finish line his body rewards him with dopamine so that he will keep going, working even harder to...

Multi Level Marketing: How to spot a pyramid scheme

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 When you're told that your dreams can be achieved faster than you think and you're told that wealth is not far as you think that financial freedom is yours.  Now everybody who is reading this blog has this question on your mind, who is going to tell me these above ones?????what is it?? It would come in the form of your best friend or the person who you admire or your family friend or the person you know very well. They tell you like 6-7 figure earners, be your own boss as soon as possible and they invite you to seminars or some events. You go to that seminar and suddenly a positive vibe enters your mind and a speaker enters the stage and they also tell you that 9 - 5 is for the losers. You work from home you pay your own expenses and earn commission on what you sell  What is it? ? It is called as MLM - Multi Level Marketing or network marketing. It is a strategy for the sale of products or services where the revenue of MLM company is derived from a non salaried workf...

Attention economy !!!: How they addict us?

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Imagine that you are reading a book. A message from your phone ding! You saw that message, and a friend of yours posted a photo on Instagram, a new follower for you on facebook, a person had put a like to your post. Messages from your family whatsapp group. It has been already 25 minutes when you realise the time spent on the device.  We all know that it's going to happen again and we don't feel great about it. Social media apps  The Attention Economy Internet has no scarcity in information and it's overloaded with information and it can answer all our questions like... 'Which is the best  restaurant near me?? Which food is best in that  restuarant?? Which is the best place to live?? Which car should I buy? A Maruti car or a Tata car?? No one would put anything on the Internet without the hope of obtaining some. It's nothing but * attention *. And the economy of attention - not information - the natural economy of cyberspace .  And the above statement is damn...

What is addiction: Treatment for addiction

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 ADDICTION Addiction is one of the complex diseases which affects the brain. A person who is exposed to a huge amount of stress gets addicted to consuming substances or looks for the methods that gives him or her the required relief. It is the compulsion of the individual to engage in the specific activity. It leads to harmful sequences individual's health and affects his mental state.  Addiction is said to be the chronic disease which affects the brain and people struggling from this are unable to control their actions and sensible decisions at last which becomes very dangerous to them. SUBSTANCE RELATED ADDICTION Tobacco, alcohol, Street drugs(illegally sold drugs that are taken for non-medicinal uses), Prescription drugs(medicinal drugs that are misused BEHAVIOR RELATED ADDICTION Gambling, Eating, The Internet, Video Games, Work. ALCOHOLISM Alcoholism is also known as alcohol dependence. It is a dabbling addictive disorder.In most of the individuals, it starts with the soc...