Relying on stress for productivity is a recipe for burnout. We can avoid burnout and increase our output when we optimise our mindsets.

We can keep our mind firing on all cylinders through excitement and enjoyment instead of through stress and difficulty.

We can learn faster and access more of our potential when we treat our brain like a brain instead of like a muscle.

Brain training and mind workouts can be completely reframed to have a much bigger effect once we know what we are doing.

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TimeStamps

00:00 - Train your mind
01:02 - Am I really Sam Harris?
02:29 - Alan Watts: Make work play
03:27 - Learning from memory champions
04:16 - Rapid transformations
06:02 - Fundamental difference: Mind vs Muscle
09:15 - Different responses to stress
11:38 - Ad: ShortForm
12:42 - Ad: LinkedIn Jobs
13:46 - Good vs Bad Teachers
15:37 - Gamifying tedious tasks
16:54 - Alexander the Great and conquering
18:18 - Steve Jobs, connecting the dots looking backwards
18:54 - Make exercise fun
20:03 - Shape hard things into enjoyment
21:57 - Jason Mraz: beauty is in acknowledging your own interests and power

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