7 neuroscience facts that explain why your brain is sabotaging your success.

The real reason you're stuck: 1. The Default Mode Network (DMN) is sabotaging your success.

When you're not focusing on a task, the DMN picks up the slack.

It's linked to:

◦ Anxiety
◦ Depression
◦ ADHD
◦ Daydreaming
◦ Can't complete work on time

When you're not focused, DMN uncontrollably fires.

How David Goggins hacked his brain into doing hard things:

(Formula below) Born in Buffalo, New York, to a poor family.

David was overweight, bullied, and lost as a child when his parents got divorced.

At 18, he joined the Navy SEALs, one of the most elite military units in the world.

We're facing a silent pandemic called Brain-fog.

Here are 5 hidden factors causing it and my 5-step recovery plan: Brain fog is the result of inflammation in the brain.

5 hidden factors causing it:

1. Gluten
2. Dairy
3. Sugar
4. Caffeine (Over-reliance)
5. Alcohol

Alzheimers is a mostly preventable disease that affects millions.

It can start to take shape in your 30s 👀

Roughly 1% is hereditary.

That means 99% is more in your control than you think.

Here's what you can do to prevent one of the world's most intense incurable diseases: There are 8 factors to know about.

1. Eat a low GL diet (glycemic load, don't worry I'll explain)
2. Eat healthy brain fats
3. Eat BVitamins
4. Eat Antioxidants
5. Eat probiotics (for healthy gut)
6. Move your body
7. Stay mentally sharp
8. Rest

So first, credibility, says who?

7 Foods That Destroy Your Brain: Society normalizes certain foods like:

• Sugar
• Snacks
• Excessive caffeine
• And processed junk

But they're silently sabotaging your potential and killing your clarity of thought.

So, let's buckle up and dive in:

How to boost your focus permanently.

Use these 5 neuroscience hacks: 1. Train Your Brain

Two types of attention:

◦ Selective
◦ Sustained

Both are critical for effective focus.

Build your sustained attention by focusing on a task for a set time limit.

Build your selective attention by focusing on one task without distractions.

99% of people are feeding themselves into depression, anxiety and more.

The solution?

It's not what you're usually told: I overcame insomnia, chronic anxiety and depression and went on a journey to solve it.

I tried therapy, sleep therapy, CBT, meditating and more.

I never thought the solution was nutrition.
Even less so - supplements!
Here's what I learned works:

99% of people understand mindfulness.

But 1% leverage its physical power to rewire their brain.

Here's how to join the 1%: Mindfulness isn't just for relaxation.

It's for rewiring your brain to function better.

Science shows that mindfulness can shrink the amygdala (the small part of your brain responsible for negative emotions) and improve cognitive flexibility.

How an addicted brain works.

How it tricks you.

And 5 steps to break free: An addicted brain hijacks the prefrontal cortex, the area responsible for making rational decisions.

It tricks you into thinking that the temporary pleasure of the addiction is worth more than any long-term benefits of quitting.

How to fix your dopamine-fried brain permanently.

It starts with 1 simple word you use everyday: Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that makes us feel pleasure.

And we get it from:

• Drugs
• Junk food
• Pornography
• Social media
• Video games
• Overworking

But if we get too much of it, our brains will build a tolerance, and we'll need more to feel good.

Your brain is a hardware.

Every day the battery goes to 0

If you don't charge it, the software becomes useless.

Give me 2 minutes and I'll show you how to gain a super brain in 8 steps: 1. Meditation

↳ Sit down
↳ Close your eyes
↳ Breathe in and out
↳ Focus on your breath
↳ Thoughts will come, let them pass
↳ Keep your focus on your breath

Meditation reduces stress, increases focus, and boosts creativity.

How to 10X your productivity in 1 hour.

Use the Eisenhower Matrix.

Here's how: The Eisenhower Matrix helps you prioritize tasks based on importance and urgency.

Divide a piece of paper into 4 quadrants:

1. Urgent + Important
2. Not Urgent + Important
3. Urgent + Not Important
4. Not Urgent + Not Important

38 today 🎉

85 angel investments, 5 companies, 2 cats, 1 wife, 1 daughter & some great life experience.

Here are 38 lessons I wish I knew at 20 1. The world is a cruel place, pretending it's not will only make things worse.

Dont let that make you cruel or bitter.

Let it teach you reality & from that place, choose to be optimistic.

Happiness is a daily choice, but still based in reality.

Your Gut Feeling is Real

Here's why: Since the 16th century, a Flemish physician named Andreas Vesalius speculated a gut-brain connection in 1514-1564.

He wrote in his book De humani corporis fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body) that the stomach was "connected to the brain by nerves."

How to make difficult decisions in 7 easy steps: 1. Define The Decision

Write down the fundamentals of the decision you're making:

→ What is the decision?
→ What are the consequences?
→ Who is involved?
→ What is at stake?

Be clear about the decision, it will simplify the steps needed to make it.

People with checklists complete their work 40% faster

But 99% of them are making their checklists wrong.

Here's how to do it right: (Using psychology) 1. Do a brain dump.

Write down all tasks in your head.

All projects, goals, and to-dos.

This releases cognitive load.

20 truths you're too scared to hear: 1. You're not special.

You're not entitled to anything in life.

You have to work hard, and even then, there's no guarantee of success.

Ambitious goals don't have to be hard.

Spend 20% of your time finding the right 80% of tasks.

Dedicate the other 80% to executing those tasks with 100% focus: Instead of doing more, focus on the right work.

The Pareto Principle states:

20% of input leads to 80% of output.

20% of effort leads to 80% of results.

So, you don't need to work harder; you need to work smarter.

How to finish work 50% faster than 99% people.

(Open this if you struggle to focus) Ask yourself:

→ What is the task?
→ How much time should it take?
→ What is the outcome you are after?

This helps you stay focused on what you want to achieve.

I used to panic about huge tasks.

Now I don't.

Give me 2 minutes, and I'll show you how to break through mental barriers using the S.M.A.R.T System: Specific:

Instead of a vague goal, like "start a business," set a specific target, such as "launch an e-commerce store selling handmade crafts in 3 months.

• Use systemize steps
• Define clear objective
• Use precise language to eliminate confusion

How To Solve Problems Better Than 99% of People:

It's called 'The Inversion Method' (and it might just change your life): What's The Inversion Method?

It's a problem-solving framework that guarantees to help you get better results.

Instead of starting with the problem and working forward, it encourages you to start with the end result you want and work backwards.