How to befriend our recalcitrant brain

We need to "seduce" our brain into helping us to achieve our goals .
At first it may not support our dreams and aspirations, but repetition and sheer perseverance send a signal to our brain that we are "serious" about achieving our goals. 

Our persistence clue our brain in as to the importance of our goals, so it starts helping us.
It is in these moments that we start seeing solutions and better ways of proceeding.
That is why persistence is important, if we start drifting from one task to another, our brain discards our endeavors as trivial musings.
The goals we disregard after a couple of tries are considered frivolous fantasies, and hence, not worth "pursuing".

This reality explains why so many people forsake their goals during the initial resistance phase, mistaking their brain's natural skepticism for failure or lack of talent. 

The brain is a cautious investor, unwilling to commit valuable resources until it sees consistent evidence of commitment. When we push through the initial early stages when motivation is at its lowest, especially when progress seems impossible, we are proving to our brain that this pursuit is a priority to us. 

It then begins to allocate more resources towards our endeavor. 

We start noticing relevant opportunities in our environment, making connections between seemingly unrelated concepts, and working on solutions sometimes during sleep. 

Breakthrough moments often come after long periods of struggle, because our brain finally decided we were serious enough to deserve its full cooperation.