Ultradian Cycles and Deep Work
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Optimal Protocols for Studying & Learning
Dr. Cal Newport: How to Enhance Focus and Improve Productivity
Rick Rubin: Protocols to Access Creative Energy and Process
Dr. Adam Grant: How to Unlock Your Potential, Motivation & Unique Abilities
How to Use Music to Boost Motivation, Mood & Improve Learning
Focus Toolkit: Tools to Improve Your Focus & Concentration
Time Perception & Entrainment by Dopamine, Serotonin & Hormones
Maximizing Productivity, Physical & Mental Health with Daily Tools
Optimal Protocols for Studying & Learning
How to Use Music to Boost Motivation, Mood & Improve Learning
Focus Toolkit: Tools to Improve Your Focus & Concentration
Time Perception & Entrainment by Dopamine, Serotonin & Hormones
Maximizing Productivity, Physical & Mental Health with Daily Tools
Dr. Cal Newport: How to Enhance Focus and Improve Productivity
Rick Rubin: Protocols to Access Creative Energy and Process
Dr. Adam Grant: How to Unlock Your Potential, Motivation & Unique Abilities
00:26:14 Tool: Ultradian Cycles: Warm-Up, Maintaining Focus & Deliberate Defocusing
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Focus Toolkit: Tools to Improve Your Focus & Concentration
01:16:50 Learning In (Optic) Flow/Mind Drift
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How to Focus to Change Your Brain
00:05:41 Energy & Your Immune System, & Learning Faster
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Using Cortisol & Adrenaline to Boost Our Energy & Immune System
01:10:00 Flow States Are Not The Path To Learning
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Using Failures, Movement & Balance to Learn Faster
00:50:49 Tool: Cognitive Work & Binaural Beats
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How to Use Music to Boost Motivation, Mood & Improve Learning
00:16:09 Focus & Alertness, Sleep, Tool: Active Engagement
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Optimal Protocols for Studying & Learning
00:45:25 An Example of Ultradian-Incremental Learning
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Using Failures, Movement & Balance to Learn Faster
00:45:25 An Example of Ultradian-Incremental Learning
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Using Failures, Movement & Balance to Learn Faster
01:16:59 Two, (Maybe 3) Optimization Bouts Per Day
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Optimize Your Learning & Creativity with Science-Based Tools
00:55:00 Leveraging Ultradian Cycles & Self Experimentation
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How Your Brain Works & Changes
00:39:10 Dopamine vs. Serotonin Across the Day; Tool 7: When to Do Rigid vs. Creative Work
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Time Perception & Entrainment by Dopamine, Serotonin & Hormones
00:25:00 Tool 6: Ultradian (90min) Cycles & Focus
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Time Perception & Entrainment by Dopamine, Serotonin & Hormones
00:52:59 Are You Suppressing Your Drive and Motivation By Working Too Late?
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How to Increase Motivation & Drive
01:07:40 Tool: Yoga Nidra, Non-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR) & Defocus Periods
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Focus Toolkit: Tools to Improve Your Focus & Concentration
00:59:15 Limbic Friction: Finding Clear, Calm and Focused
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Using Failures, Movement & Balance to Learn Faster
00:38:13 Flow States vs. Deep Work
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Dr. Cal Newport: How to Enhance Focus and Improve Productivity
00:27:58 Writing, Night Owls
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Tim Ferriss: How to Learn Better & Create Your Best Future
00:38:02 Tools: Perfect Day Exercise; Cathedral Thinking, Awe & Future Generations
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Ari Wallach: Create Your Ideal Future Using Science-Based Protocols
01:01:19 Tool: Short Meditation & Improved Ability to Refocus
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Focus Toolkit: Tools to Improve Your Focus & Concentration
00:16:45 Time Perception
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ADHD & How Anyone Can Improve Their Focus
00:37:30 Protocol 7: Optimize Deep Work: Visual Elevation, Ultradian Cycles, White Noise
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Maximizing Productivity, Physical & Mental Health with Daily Tools
01:08:15 Pseudo-Productivity, Burnout
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Dr. Cal Newport: How to Enhance Focus and Improve Productivity
02:06:28 Work-Life Balance, Fitness & Extracurriculars
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Dr. Kay Tye: The Biology of Social Interactions and Emotions
00:45:27 Phone & Addiction; Task Switching
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Dr. Cal Newport: How to Enhance Focus and Improve Productivity
01:45:46 Deep Focus, Dopamine
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Dr. Charan Ranganath: How to Improve Memory & Focus Using Science Protocols
00:34:22 How Long to Do Deep Work
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Optimizing Workspace for Productivity, Focus, & Creativity
00:42:24 Tool: “Quiet Time” Protocol, Chronotypes
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Dr. Adam Grant: How to Unlock Your Potential, Motivation & Unique Abilities
01:57:25 Leveraging Weight Training & Rest Days To Optimize Cognitive Work
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Science of Muscle Growth, Increasing Strength & Muscular Recovery
00:22:57 High Alertness, Linear Tasks/Learning
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Optimize Your Learning & Creativity with Science-Based Tools
02:16:45 Remote, Hybrid vs. In-Person Work; Zoom
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Dr. Cal Newport: How to Enhance Focus and Improve Productivity
01:02:20 Binaural Beats for Work
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Optimizing Workspace for Productivity, Focus, & Creativity
00:54:11 Silence or Music for Studying?, White Noise, Binaural Beats
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How to Use Music to Boost Motivation, Mood & Improve Learning
00:04:53 The Daily (Learning) Routine
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Optimize Your Learning & Creativity with Science-Based Tools
02:08:16 Creative Work Phases; Structure & Deadlines
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Rick Rubin: How to Access Your Creativity
00:36:01 The 3 Hour-Long Post Waking Block
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Optimize Your Learning & Creativity with Science-Based Tools
00:35:30 Binaural Beats: Do They Work?
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The Science of Hearing, Balance & Accelerated Learning
00:22:55 Warm-Up for Cognitive Work, Refocusing Attention & Neuroplasticity
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Focus Toolkit: Tools to Improve Your Focus & Concentration
00:48:30 Optimal Time of Day To Do Hard Mental Work
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Maximizing Productivity, Physical & Mental Health with Daily Tools
01:11:20 How Dr. Sapolsky Accomplishes Deep Thinking
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Dr. Robert Sapolsky: Science of Stress, Testosterone & Free Will
01:55:54 Why Hard Workouts Can Make It Hard To Think/Do Mental Work
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Science of Muscle Growth, Increasing Strength & Muscular Recovery
00:35:09 Tools: Caffeine; Timing Peak Learning; “Second Wind”
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Guest Series | Dr. Matt Walker: Using Sleep to Improve Learning, Creativity & Memory
00:33:48 When Very Alert, Work In Silence; When Tired, Include Background Noise
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Optimize Your Learning & Creativity with Science-Based Tools
02:38:56 Tool: Shutdown Ritual
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Dr. Cal Newport: How to Enhance Focus and Improve Productivity
02:00:49 Time Famish; Tools: Time Affluence Breaks; Time Confetti & Free Time
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Dr. Laurie Santos: How to Achieve True Happiness Using Science-Based Protocols
00:42:00 Improving Focus: Visual & Mental; Accommodation, Your Pupils & Your Bendy Lens
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The Science of Vision, Eye Health & Seeing Better
00:49:26 Task Switching, Distractions
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Tools to Enhance Working Memory & Attention
01:00:53 Tool: Focus, Work Breaks & Music
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How to Use Music to Boost Motivation, Mood & Improve Learning
