"This BRAIN HACK Was Banned From Therapy" (Because It Works Too Well) | Dr. Andrew Huberman

What this episode is about

the technique involves actively engaging with and challenging that mental loop through focused attention and intentional behavioral changes. This method promotes rapid neuroplastic shifts, helping to diminish self-destructive patterns and bolster positive behaviors by leveraging the brain's dynamic nature and responsiveness to targeted interventions.

Key takeaways

• Embrace discomfort—it's your brain's prime time for transformation, not a reason to retreat.
• Neuroplasticity thrives on attention and intention; your brain is a gym, work out those mental circuits!
• Behavioral self-regulation isn't just a technique; it's an empowering rebellion against outdated therapeutic norms.
• The brain rewires most swiftly under stress—so when you're anxious, challenge those inner loops, don't run!
• Ditch the judgment; repetition is the secret sauce. Your brain loves consistency, even when it feels silly!

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 There is a neurological technique, an approach to rewiring cognition and behavior that once promised radical breakthroughs in mental health, performance, and emotional resilience. It emerged quietly but powerfully in experimental circles and was built on one core principle. The brain is not a fixed organ. It's dynamic, everchanging, and deeply susceptible to how we breathe, how we move, how we focus, and how we engage with our inner dialogue. This technique, however, became too effective. So much so that it was ultimately sidelined, considered unorthodox, and even discouraged from widespread use in formal therapy settings. But the brain doesn't care what's fashionable.

0:47 The brain responds to input, consistency, and attention. This brain hack, though no longer popularized, is still very real and it still works. The core of this technique is behavioral self-regulation through deliberate neuroplastic intervention. It's not a product or pill. It's not a mantra or mystical practice. It's rooted in the fundamental biology of attention, intention, and feedback. When you engage the brain with deeply focused mental effort combined with immediate emotional salience and precise behavioral repetition, you drive synaptic change, not in months or years, but sometimes in days. The speed of neuro adaptation is directly proportional to the intensity of engagement. When someone truly commits to this process, entire neural pathways can shift. Self destructive patterns weaken. Productive behaviors strengthen. Emotional volatility stabilizes, but it demands one thing, full responsibility. At the heart of

1:52 this approach lies one action. Confronting the mind. This is not about positive thinking. It's about precision. It begins with isolating a single recurring negative loop. a thought, behavior, or emotional reaction that occurs automatically. The moment you recognize that pattern, you do not suppress it. You observe it. You capture it almost like tagging it in your mental environment. Then you trace its origin, not in a vague philosophical sense, but through a clear biological model. What sensory trigger precedes it? What limbic activation arises? What inner narrative gets repeated? And most importantly, what motor response or habit follows.

2:39 Once you trace the loop, you dismantle it piece by piece. This is how deliberate neuroplasticity operates. Let's get specific. Imagine you experience an automatic feeling of dread every morning. Most people try to distract themselves from it or push it away. But this technique says go deeper. As you feel that emotion rise, isolate the physical cue. Is it tension in your chest, a change in breathing? Identify it. Then as that emotional signal arises, pause. Observe what thought follows. Is it I can't handle today or something will go wrong. That's your internal narrative. Now pair that emotional and narrative component with the behavior. Maybe you stay in bed.

3:24 Maybe you check your phone compulsively. That's the loop, trigger, emotion, thought, behavior. Now, here's where the hack becomes powerful. Instead of allowing the loop to complete, you insert a new behavioral pattern, not randomly, but deliberately. When the emotion arises, you override the narrative. You replace I can't handle today with this is the moment my brain is most trainable. Then you stand up. You move not lazily but with deliberate motion. Maybe it's a single deep breath followed by immediate forward movement.

4:03 Walking push-ups stretching something that forces sematic feedback. Movement changes neurochemistry. It recruits the prefrontal cortex. It dulls amigdala hyperactivity. That one shift in behavior when repeated consistently during the loop starts to build a new circuit. And this is where most people fail. They try it once, feel silly, and quit. But the brain doesn't care about your judgment. It responds to repetition. The technique hinges on interrupting predictable feedback loops with controlled novelty. And it works best under stress. That's the irony.

4:46 When you feel most hopeless, most anxious, most trapped, that's when your brain is primed for change. Stress chemicals like norpine and cortisol heighten neuroplastic sensitivity. If you engage deliberate action in that window, while your system is disregulated, you can build new patterns faster than at any other time. But most people avoid discomfort. They seek relief. That's why change is slow. But if you lean into the discomfort with precision and repetition, you accelerate transformation. Let's take this further. The technique doesn't just apply to emotional regulation. It applies to focus, learning, memory, even physical performance. Let's say you want to improve learning. The old model says study hard, rest, repeat. The new model says target the brain's natural cycles of attention. The brain can focus deeply for about 90 minutes. During that time, if you're fully engaged with distraction

5:52 eliminated, you enter a state of heightened neuroplasticity. If during that window, you give yourself feedbacks, maul wins, progress markers, even self generated praise, you reinforce dopamine circuits. Dopamine isn't just pleasure. It's motivation. It tells the brain, "This matters. Combine that with effort and the brain rewires." Now, here's why this technique was banned or discouraged in some clinical settings. It requires autonomy. It requires the individual to become both the subject and the experimentter. There's no authority figure guiding the process. It's not dependent on medication or passive treatments. And that threatens traditional models. It also risks misapplication.

6:37 Without the right understanding, people can engage the technique recklessly re enforcing maladaptive patterns or bypassing deeper issues. But when applied with discipline, it's one of the most powerful interventions available. Another reason it was sidelined is because it exposes something uncomfortable. Many mental health struggles are perpetuated by behavioral inertia. Not by a lack of will, but by a misunderstanding of how the brain functions. When someone believes they are broken, they stop trying. This technique shows you are not broken. Your brain is doing exactly what it's been trained to do. The problem is not in the architecture, it's in the input. Change the input consistently and you get a new output. Consider the role of breath.

7:28 It's the only autonomic function you can consciously control. It's also the fastest way to influence the autonomic nervous system. In this technique, breath is not relaxation. It's regulation. When you inhale longer than you exhale, you activate sympathetic arousal. When you exhale longer than you inhale, you activate parasympathetic calming. That means through breath, you can modulate your state. In a moment of panic, you don't need to escape. You can breathe in a way that changes your physiology. That teaches the brain, I'm in control. Then comes visual focus. The eyes are part of the brain. They are the only part of the central nervous system exposed to the outside world. When you narrow your vision, focusing on a single point, you increase cognitive strain.

8:24 But when you broaden your vision, panoramic gaze, you reduce amagdala activity. That means by changing your visual field, you shift your internal state. This is not abstract. It's measurable and it works. Now combine all of this. When you feel overwhelmed, you engage your breath. Deliberate exhale bias. You expand your gaze. softening visual focus. You override the internal narrative, replacing I'm stuck with this is a chance to rewire. Then you move purposeful immediate physical motion and you repeat. That's the protocol over and over. Each time you do it, you weaken the old loop and strengthen the new one.

9:06 This is not a one-time fix. It's a practice, but it changes everything. Another dimension of this hack involves emotional salience. Your brain prioritizes change when the stakes feel high. That means if you want to accelerate change, you have to create meaning. Ask yourself, why does this matter? Not in general, but right now. Why do you want to break that habit? Why do you want to focus? Why do you want to stop reacting with anger? The brain doesn't change for abstract goals. It changes for survival, love, purpose.

9:42 When you attach emotional meaning to behavior, it leaves a stronger imprint. And this is where language comes in. The words you speak to yourself during struggle are neurochemical signals. If you say I can't, you activate defeat circuitry. If you say this is training, you activate growth circuitry. The difference is not motivational, it's neurological. The words shape your experience and the experience shapes the wiring. That's how deliberate self-t talk becomes a tool of transformation. Let's return to why this technique isn't common practice. It's too simple, not easy, but simple. It doesn't require a lab. It doesn't require supervision. It requires commitment. And in a world that increasingly rewards passive consumption, that's a hard cell. But if you want to change, truly change, you have to become an active agent in your own neurobiology. You have to stop waiting for permission. You have to

10:40 engage your system like an athlete trains their body. That means practice, feedback, adjustment, and relentless consistency. There's one final element. Sleep. None of this matters if you neglect recovery. The brain doesn't rewire during action. It rewires during rest. Especially deep sleep. That's when synapses are pruned. That's when circuits consolidate. If you train the brain all day but sabotage your sleep, you interrupt the process. So if you want results, prioritize sleep, cut stimulation at night, dim lights, cool the room, eliminate late eating. Prepare your brain for restoration. Then when you wake up, you're in a new state, ready to train again. The brain is plastic. That is the gift, but it is also blind. It will build whatever you feed it. Garbage in, garbage out.

11:33 precision in evolution out. This hack, though banned, though forgotten, is still available to you. It's not in a pill. It's not in a seminar. It's in your breath, your focus, your movement, your words, your patterns. It is your responsibility, and it is your opportunity. Lasting change in the brain doesn't occur randomly. It's a result of repeated emotionally charged and deliberate engagement with a specific thought, behavior, or physical action. Your brain rewires fastest when attention is highly focused, the behavior is effortful, and the stakes feel meaningful. Stressful or emotionally salient moments are actually windows of heightened neuroplasticity.

12:20 prime opportunities to break unhelpful patterns and install more adaptive ones. You can control your internal state by engaging tools like breath control, visual field adjustment, and physical movement. These tools directly influence your nervous system. For example, long exhalations activate your calming parasympathetic system. Panoramic vision reduces threat response in the brain and forward motion triggers neurochemical shifts associated with motivation. These are not relaxation techniques. They are biological levers for self-regulation and state change. Repetition under emotionally engaging conditions initiates change. But sleep is where consolidation happens. The circuits you engage during the day are rewired and refined during deep sleep. Without proper sleep, you interrupt the neuroplastic process. Consistency, emotional intensity, deliberate practice, and restorative rest are the

13:21 four pillars of rapid and lasting change. Mastering them gives you direct influence over the architecture of your brain. Every thought, every behavior, and every emotional pattern you experience regularly is a reflection of a neural circuit that has been reinforced through repetition, intensity, and meaning. This is the foundation of neuroplasticity. Your brain's inherent ability to change based on how you use it. What most people misunderstand is that the brain doesn't change simply because you want it to. It doesn't change because of time passing. It changes in response to focused, effortful engagement that carries emotional weight. That means the more you apply your attention to something with emotional intensity and consistency, the faster your brain will adapt to support that behavior, thought pattern, or skill. Your nervous system is built to prioritize what feels important. And importance is measured by

14:24 emotional salience, novelty and the chemical signals associated with those experiences. This is why heist stakes moment times of stress, uncertainty or chalon are actually prime real estate for transformation. These are not periods to be avoided or numbed out. They are windows of opportunity when your brain becomes more receptive to input. When your heart is racing, when your hands are sweating, when your internal dialogue is loud and chaotic, that's when the chemicals that enable learning and change such as norpine and doppamine are most elevated.

15:02 If in those moments you pair discomfort with directed effort, like altering your self-t talk, controlling your breathing, or shifting your behavior, you signal to your brain that this moment matters. And because it matters, your brain begins the process of strengthening the new pattern and pruning the old one. But it's not just about doing something different once. The human brain learns through repetition. When you perform a new behavior under emotionally engaging conditions over and over again, you create myelination, the insulation around neural pathways that makes them fire faster and more reliably. That's why it's easier to fall back into a bad habit than to install a new one. The old circuit is faster, more familiar. To beat it, you need repetition, and that repetition must be intentional. The most effective rewiring happens not when things feel easy or relaxed, but when they are effortful and emotionally

16:01 charged. That's the sweet spot where plasticity is maximized. And the more precisely you engage with that process, identifying the pattern, disrupting it, inserting new action, the faster the results come. This is why motivation alone isn't enough. The brain doesn't rewire because of inspiration. It rewires because of structure and practice. Even if you know what to do, if you don't apply it consistently under the right internal conditions, you won't see transformation. You have to show your brain through focused repetition that the new behavior or thought has value. That value is encoded chemically and you can influence that through the meaning you attach to your actions. When a behavior is tied to a deep emotional why, your brain lights up. It marks that action as important and begins to preferentially reinforce it. There's another layer to this process, intensity. If your effort is halfhearted, your brain won't change. If

17:04 your attention is scattered, the signal is too weak. But if you bring full cognitive load, meaning you're focused, engaged, emotionally invested. That's when synaptic changes occur rapidly. The neurons that fire together under intense, meaningful load wire together. This isn't philosophy, it's biology. And it means that you don't need years of slow progress to make a change. You need intentional emotionally potent repeated engagement with the new pattern you want to build. That is the engine of neuroplasticity. That is how you turn thought into transformation. Automatic loops are the invisible architects of our daily life.

17:48 habitual cycles of thought, emotion, and behavior that operate beneath conscious awareness, shaping our experiences, and decisions. These loops are not random. They're the product of repeated neural firing, strengthened over time by reinforcement, context, and emotion. The challenge is that once these loops are embedded, they begin to run autonomously. You feel a certain way, think a certain thought, or behave in a specific way, not because you actively chose to, but because a familiar trigger set off a neural cascade. These circuits are energy efficient. The brain favors them because they reduce cognitive load, but they also keep us stuck, especially when they reinforce fear, self, doubt, procrastination, or selfdestructive behaviors. To change a loop, you must first see it. That begins with awareness. When a particular emotional or behavioral pattern repeats itself, anxiety in the morning, avoidance before

18:56 a task, irritability in conversation. You pause and observe. Ask yourself what preceded this feeling or reaction. Was there a thought, a physical sensation, or an external event? That's your trigger. Then identify the emotion that rises. Is it fear, dread, anger, shame? After that, notice the internal narrative, the automatic thoughts that begin to circulate. They might sound like, "I'm not ready. I always fail or this is pointless." And then observe what you do, your behavioral reaction. Do you shut down, distract yourself, lash out or retreat? This sequin trigger emotion narrative behavior is the automatic loop. The moment you identify this loop, you create a window of influence. That window is short, but it's powerful. The brain is momentarily uncertain. The pattern hasn't fully completed. If you intervene here before the behavior crystallizes, you can alter the course. That intervention can take

20:04 many forms, but it must be intentional. The goal is to break the loop not by force but by redirecting its energy. Let's say your loop begins with anxiety followed by avoidance. You recognize the anxiety rising tight chest racing thoughts sense of doom. You acknowledge it. This is the signal. Instead of retreating into avoidance, you apply a prep land counter strategy. Maybe it's a physiological shift, deliberate breathing to regulate your state. Maybe it's a behavioral shift, standing up, taking a brisk walk, or doing something productive that requires movement. Maybe it's a cognitive shift group, lacing the thought, I can't handle this with this is training. This redirection is not about suppression. It's about substitution. You are not pretending the emotion doesn't exist. you are choosing a new response to it. And here's the key. The brain will only learn this new loop if you repeat it under the same

21:07 emotionally charged conditions. That means when the anxiety comes again, you apply the new behavior again. When the doubt resurfaces, you redirect again. Over time, this builds a new pattern. The trigger stays the same, but the response changes. And with enough repetition, the old loop weakens and the new one strengthens. But repetition is not enough by itself. The emotional weight matters. The more emotionally engaged you are during the interruption and redirection, the more powerfully the new loop is encoded. That's because emotional arousal increases the release of neurom modulators like norpine and acetilcoline chemicals that make the brain more plastic, more willing to change. That means the very discomfort that makes you want to avoid the situation is actually the catalyst for transformation. If you can stay present in that discomfort and apply a different behavior or narrative in that moment, you use the arousal to

22:08 encode the new loop more deeply. You also have to anticipate the loop. Don't wait to get caught off guard. Study your own behavior like a scientist. Know when and where the loop shows up. Prepare your counteraction ahead of time. Write it down. Visualize it. Practice it in neutral states so it becomes easier to access under pressure. The brain favors what is familiar. If your new behavior is rehearsed, it becomes easier to deploy and the more precisely you practice it, the faster it replaces the old reaction. Finally, track progress.

22:47 Your brain needs evidence. Each time you successfully interrupt and redirect a loop, take note, reflect on it. Even better, celebrate it in a small deliberate way. This activates reward circuitry. Dopamine is released not just in moments of pleasure, but in moments of perceived progress, and that reinforces the behavior, making you more likely to repeat it. With time, consistency, and emotional engagement, the loop changes. You're not at the mercy of your brain's past programming. You're shaping it in real time. The body and brain are not separate entities.

23:26 They are deeply interconnected through a network of nerves, hormones, and feedback loops that transmit information in both directions. What this means is that you don't have to rely on thought alone to change your emotional or mental state. You can begin by engaging the body. This is where physiological tools like breath, vision, and movement become potent instruments for transformation. These aren't soft techniques or vague wellness practices. They are biologically grounded levers hardwired into your nervous system capable of shifting your internal landscape in real time. And once you understand how to use them, they become reliable anchors to regulate stress, elevate focus, and prime the brain for plasticity and learning. Take breathing for example.

24:16 The breath is the only autonomic function, meaning it happens without conscious effort that you can also control voluntarily. And every breath you take sends a signal to your brain about the state of your environment. Short, rapid breaths, especially through the mouth, signal threat. They activate the sympathetic nervous system, heightening alertness, raising heart rate, and narrowing focus. On the other hand, slow, deliberate breath, especially with long exhalations signal safety. They activate the parasympathetic nervous system, the branch of your autonomic system responsible for calming, digesting, and recovering. Just by changing the cadence of your breath, you can alter your physiology. For instance, a double inhale followed by a long exhale, a tool known as the physiological psych and rapidly reduce stress in less than a minute. It works because it offloads carbon dioxide resets the diaphragm and

25:15 engages the vagus nerve which slows your heart and calms your brain. Vision is another powerful tool where you direct your eyes influences the neural circuits of your brain. When you're stressed, your vision tends to become tunnel like narrow, focused directly on the threat. This tight visual field reinforces the brain's perception that something is wrong. But when you deliberately expand your gaze, what's called panoramic or optic flow vision, you send a different signal. Panoramic vision is associated with safety and openness. It activates neural pathways that reduce stress, promote creativity, and improve access to longterm memory. Simply put, lifting your gaze, widening your peripheral vision, and taking in more of your environment can deactivate the circuits of fear and increase your sense of control. You don't need to change your thoughts to feel safer. You can change where you look and your brain will

26:16 follow. Then there's movement. Forward physical motion is deeply tied to the brain's perception of progress. When you move your body through space, walking, running, cycling, you engage circuits that release dopamine, the neurochemical of motivation and reward. This isn't about exercise for the sake of fitness. It's about using locomotion as a tool to shift your mental state. Even low inensity movement has profound effects. A brisk walk when feeling stuck or anxious can reboot your entire cognitive emotional system. It helps reduce rumination by activating lateral eye movements, which in turn deactivate the default mode network, the part of the brain responsible for overthinking and self-referential thought. That's why people often say they think better on their feet or feel clearer after a walk.

27:12 It's not psychological, it's neurological. These tools are fast, free, and always available. And their power lies in their immediacy. Unlike cognitive strategies that require analysis or reflection, physiological tools work directly on your system. They can bring you out of a stress response, prime your brain for learning, or reorient your attention in seconds. They also set the stage for neuroplasticity. Because if your body is stuck in fight or flight, your brain is not in a state to change. It's in survival mode. But if you can shift yourself into a more calm, focused or alert state using breath, vision, or movement, then you open the door to higher order thinking, creative problem solving, and emotional regulation. You're not trying to fight the nervous system. You're learning to use it. This is not about avoiding discomfort or pretending everything is fine. It's about developing a toolkit

28:10 that allows you to stay in the game when things get hard. To sit in uncertainty without getting overwhelmed, to regulate your state without relying on external fixes. You are building autonomy not by suppressing emotion, but by mastering the levers that control your experience of it. That is what these tools offer. Not just temporary relief, but the capacity to choose your internal state and guide your behavior from the inside out. When you practice these tools regularly, they become automatic. Just like maladaptive stress responses can become habits, so can healthy ones. The nervous system learns through repetition. The more you use breath, vision, and movement consciously, the more your body and brain begin to default to those responses in challenging moments. Eventually, what once required effort becomes reflexive.

29:06 Your biology starts to work for you, not against you. And that changes everything from how you handle stress to how you pursue goals to how resilient you become in the face of challenge. Rewiring the brain is not just about what you do during moments of intensity and change. It's equally about what happens between those moments. The nervous system operates on a rhythm alternating between periods of activity and restoration. While deliberate action under emotionally engaging conditions sparks plasticity, it's during rest and more specifically during sleep that the brain consolidates those changes. This is the off and over looked second half of transformation. Without sleep, deep quality sleep, the very circuits you've tried to reshape remain fragile, prone to decay, and easily overridden by old patterns. This is why consistent practice paired with restorative rest becomes nonnegotiable in the process of

30:11 lasting neurological change. When you engage in a new behavior or deliberately reframe your thinking, neurons fire together in new sequences, this begins the process of wiring new synaptic connections. But those connections are like wet cement. They are malible, unsteady, and easily disrupted. It's during sleep, especially during deep, slow, wave sleep, and rapid eye movement RM sleep that the brain reviews, stabilizes, and strengthens the circuits it deems important. This is not a metaphor. It's a biological fact. The brain literally replays the neural patterns activated during the day. The more frequently and intensely those patterns were used, the more likely they are to be consolidated. That means each time you practice a new response to fear, discipline yourself to stay with discomfort, or engage a focused behavior loop, you're creating material for your brain to replay during sleep. That

31:11 replay is what makes those patterns resilient. But here's the problem. In a culture of overstimulation and irregular sleep cycles, most people fail to protect this consolidation window. Late night screen use, erratic schedules, stimulant use, and stress sabotage. The very process that would make their daily efforts stick. Without enough deep sleep, the brain doesn't have the opportunity to downscale irrelevant synaptic connections or amplify the important ones. As a result, your intentional efforts during the day lose their potency. It becomes harder to focus, harder to regulate emotion, and harder to maintain motivation. Sleep isn't a luxury. It's a biological requirement for plasticity and therefore for transformation.

32:04 Consistency is the other pillar. You cannot expect the nervous system to change if your practice is sporadic, weekly engaged, or disconnected from emotion. The brain thrives on repetition under meaningful conditions. This doesn't mean doing something mindlessly every day. It means engaging with depth, presence, and purpose, even if only for a short time. For example, rehearsing a new behavior for five minutes with full attention and emotional investment is more effective than an hour of distracted repetition. Neuroplasticity is not about quantity. It's about quality. It's about how deeply and deliberately you engage a new circuit and how often you reinforce it. This includes the way you talk to yourself, the way you respond to stress, and the way you move toward challenge. A powerful method to anchor consistency is linking practice to context. Tie your new behavior to a specific time, place,

33:05 or trigger. This creates environmental cues that prompt engagement. If every morning you perform a specific breath work routine upon waking, that context becomes a prompt. If every time you feel stress, you apply a particular visual technique or mental script. The trigger itself becomes part of the training. Over time, the nervous system begins to associate these contexts with the new pattern, making it easier to access the desired state. You are effectively building a system of cues, responses, and reinforcements that makes change not just possible, but sustainable. And none of this is possible without emotional engagement. The nervous system prioritizes what feels important. It filters for salience. This is why wrote behaviors without meaning don't stick.

33:58 The question becomes, how do you infuse meaning into your practice? Start by identifying your why, not just intellectually, but emotionally. Ask, why does this change matter to me? What is at stake if I don't change? What will I gain if I do? When your practice is linked to something you care about, family freedom purpose health it activates the neurom modulatory systems that enhance learning. Dopamine for motivation, norpine fine for attention, acetylcoline for precision. These chemicals make your brain more receptive to change. So if you want to rewire your nervous system, don't just go through the motions. Connect emotionally, feel it. Let your practice mean something.

34:46 Ultimately, the formula is simple but non-negotiable. Engage in high quality, emotionally meaningful practice daily. Pair that with adequate protected sleep. Use your physiology to regulate your state. Repeat your desired pattern under pressure. Do this consistently and your nervous system will begin to shift automatically, predictably and powerfully. These are the rules of the brain. They are not personal. They are principles of biology. And when you work with them rather than against them, transformation is no longer a mystery.

35:25 It becomes a system, one that anyone can follow. One that rewires not just the brain but the entire trajectory of your life. Transformation is not reserved for the few. It is accessible to anyone who understands how to work with the nervous system instead of against it. By recognizing the power of emotionally charged states, interrupting and replacing automatic loops, leveraging physiological tools like breath and vision, and committing to daily meaningful practice reinforced by restorative sleep, you engage the core principles that govern how your brain changes. These are not abstract ideas.

36:08 They are the concrete laws of neuroplasticity. When applied with intention and consistency, they allow you to reshape the very circuits that define your thoughts, behaviors, and future. The brain is always changing. The question is, are you the one directing that change or are you letting your past continue to write your story? The tools are within you. The biology is ready. The only thing required now is deliberate action.

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