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How to Shift Your Brain Into HIgh Gear
Ever feel like your brain is stuck in the wrong gear? Maybe you’re trying to focus on a report, but your mind is off daydreaming about dinner (or worse, you’re stressing about everything *except* dinner!). Well, good news: there’s a “gearbox” in your brain that you can control to get your thinking on track. Yes,…
Read MoreHow to have difficult conversations at work
You’ve got to fire someone. Your consulting project is way behind schedule. The budget has to get cut. In any job you’ll have to have tough conversations where fear can end up being the fuel for positive and effective change, or it can crumble you into wishing you had done the whole thing differently. With…
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Read MoreHow to use fear as fuel | TEDx Pearl Street
You know what sucks? Regret. Who wants to reach the end of their life and spend time thinking about what they wish they had done while they were still young? Not me. But I did. I didn’t know any other way. Do you? Seems like most people don’t. The main thing our wisest elders wish…
Read More“Stress in America at an All-Time High” – American Psych. Assoc.
The American Psych. Assoc. puts stress at an all-time high. Here are four steps that can help you get it under control.
Read MoreAnxiety, stress or fear? Take Control of Your Mental Health During Coronavirus
How is your anxiety level amid all the coronavirus hysteria? If you are like most Americans, you are probably feeling stressed and confused. That’s normal from a neuroscience perspective, but if it goes on too long, it can have disastrous effects on your health. Your brain is a prediction engine. At any moment your subconscious…
Read MoreHaven’t figured out how to use Fear as Fuel? Find joy First
ALL YOUR DREAMS ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FEAR; NOW NEUROSCIENCE SHOWS WHY DELIGHT CAN BE TOO. The presentation went great! The guy at the gym said yes! The plane landed safely.
Read MoreGoal Setting – How to make the Journey count
Catapult your career with Leadership Lessons from the 2018 World Champion Boston red Sox
Quite possibly the greatest baseball team of all time is touring the streets of Boston this morning in duckboats in front of hundreds of thousands of adoring fans. An entire city is in awe after a season-long display of excellence, character, grit, perseverance, teamwork and courage. How would you like hundreds of thousands of adoring…
Read MoreA 16 Second Habit That Will Change Your Life
I first began using this technique when I was training for the Olympics. As I’ve studied neuroscience over the past five years for my book “Fear is Fuel”, I realize how impactful this little routine is, and how it can literally change the quality of decisions you make every single day. It will make you…
Read MoreSt. Patrick’s Lessons in Courage
St Patrick was a slave around 400 AD who used fear as fuel to power a daring escape from slavery and eventually to change the world. There are some things about his courage, bravery and intelligence you might not know, and at least one thing about St Patrick’s day you can use to win a…
Read MoreLessons from Spring training – Fear & The Closer
There are two very intense and potential terrifying roles in baseball – the batter who can tie the game in the bottom of the 9th and the closing pitcher. David Aardsma was a 14 year MLB veteran who now leaders pitcher development for the Toronto Blue Jays. In this short video, he lets you into…
Read MoreOlympic Sports Psychologist Shane Murphy
I sat down with my former Sports Psychologist Shane Murphy – he was the first director of sports psychology for the U.S Olympic Training Center and helped me greatly improve my performance.
Read MoreThe Bravest Man Alive – I bet you don’t even know him!
I sat down with the world’s bravest man, 89 year old Colonel Joe Kittenger (USAF RET) in Orlando, Florida to talk about what fear means to him, and what it was like to jump out of a hot air balloon at 100,000 feet; 52 years ago when cars were about as reliable as a toaster,…
Read MoreTalks at Google on Fear and Courage
Patrick was invited to the European HQ of Google in September and talk about the surprising power of fear. Here’s the talk with a great Q&A at the end.
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