Bloom By Naza

Why isn’t consistency enough to make me grow?

In this episode, I talk about what loops we need to actually grow in whatever we do, I used my workflow as an example and tried to be as succinct as possible (I failed, I almost deleted this episode video while editing, instead, I'm making a note to improve on my delivery next time)

Am I waiting for permission to be useful to someone?

Hey! In this episode, after the chaos that happened last week, I had to sit down to truly try to figure out what bloom by Naza means to me (and everyone) going forward. This episode is a bit choppy and I didn't feel like posting this because it felt all over the place, but I'm still in the process of learning, and if that's what bloom is about, I'm okay with that for now.

I set standards for myself that I couldn't keep... then I crashed out.

....and I'm happy I did. This podcast is about to take a different shape.

The Most Disciplined People Are the Laziest

What this episode is about You've been blaming yourself for running out of energy before you get to important work. This episode explains why that was always going to happen and why willpower and discipline were never going to fix it. The three things covered: 1. Why you're productive all day and have nothing left by evening 2. Why holding your entire business in your head at once makes it impossible to start 3. Why other people's systems keep failing when you try to use them The explanation connects all three: your prefrontal cortex has a daily budget. Every decision you make: what to eat, what to wear, what to respond to first spends from that budget. By the time you sit down to do your own work, the budget is gone. Key concepts from this episode Decision fatigue: the depletion of cognitive resources that comes from making repeated decisions throughout the day, regardless of how significant those decisions are. The prefrontal cortex budget: the prefrontal cortex handles all complex thinking, planning, and decision-making. It does not have unlimited capacity. When it's depleted, cognitive work suffers or stops entirely. Basal ganglia habit transfer: when a behaviour is repeated consistently over time, the brain transfers it from the prefrontal cortex (conscious, effortful) to the basal ganglia (automatic, low-cost). This is what discipline actually looks like from the inside: the decision has already been made, so the brain doesn't have to activate to start. Pre-making decisions vs. planning: planning gives the brain a reward (dopamine from mapping the future). Pre-making decisions removes a choice before the day begins. No reward. No dopamine hit. Just one fewer decision your prefrontal cortex has to make. They are not the same thing.

Why Do My Reasons for Not Starting Feel So Logical?

Your reasons for not starting are valid. That's not the problem. The problem is what your brain does with them. In Episode 4, I'm breaking down the psychology of self-handicapping, what happens when your brain starts collecting obstacles not to solve them, but to protect your identity from the possibility of failure. It collects real limitations. Locks them in as verdicts. Loops them into behavior that confirms they were right. I did it with a YouTube channel I didn't start for two years, even after buying every piece of equipment I thought I needed. But the part that actually surprised me is that the constraints your brain has been using as exit ramps, might be the exact thing that makes your business work. Bloom Work this week: three steps to pull your reasons off autopilot and actually look at them. Download the Episode 4 Bloom Work guide — https://bloombynaza.kit.com/a51ca2e122