1254: [Part 1] How to Increase the Volume of Your Brain and Make Optimal Decisions by Benjamin Hardy on Mindfulness

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🗓️ 18 May 2019

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Benjamin Hardy shares how to increase the volume of your brain and make optimal decisions. This is part 1 of 2. Episode 1254: [Part 1] How to Increase the Volume of Your Brain and Make Optimal Decisions by Benjamin Hardy on Mindfulness Benjamin Hardy has been the top writer on Medium.com since late 2015. He focuses on self-improvement, motivation, and entrepreneurship. His writing is fueled by his personal experiences, self-directed education, and formal education. His research focuses on the psychological differences of "wantrepreneurs" and actual entrepreneurs. He lives in Clemson, South Carolina with his wife and they are the foster parents of 3 children. The original post is located here: https://medium.com/@benjaminhardy/how-to-take-ownership-and-change-your-brain-identity-and-future-252ffab07523 Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily episode 1254, how to increase the volume of your brain and make optimal
0:06.5	decisions. Part 1 by Benjamin Hardy of Benjamin Hardy.com and I'm Justin Mollick. Happy Saturday,
0:13.4	welcome to one of the only podcasts in the world where blogs are narrated to you for free,
0:18.1	like an ongoing audiobook with lots of different authors and kind of like bedtime stories,
0:23.0	but not when you're going to bed. Well, possibly you're going to bed. And with permission from
0:27.2	the authors is an award-winning podcast thanks to you, but I'll keep this intro nice and short
0:31.9	for the weekend. Let's get right to it and start optimizing your life.
0:39.9	How to increase the volume of your brain and make optimal decisions. Part 1 by Benjamin Hardy of
0:46.0	Benjamin Hardy.com. Perhaps the biggest myth in Western culture is that we are born with a fixed
0:53.1	and intrinsic personality that who we are when we're born is who will be when we die.
0:59.2	This view is extremely dominant among baby boomers who grew up in homes and with parents who had
1:03.6	been absorbed in trait-based value systems. In chronological order, let's examine the dominant
1:09.1	leadership theories over the past 180 years. In the 1840s, the Great Man Theory of Leadership
1:15.6	assumed that only men could be great leaders. If you didn't have that trait of being a man,
1:21.2	you were not destined to be a leader. Your nature is fixed and you have no ability to rise up to
1:26.2	challenges or grow into your goals. Disturie was the pervasive and cultural belief system for nearly
1:31.6	a hundred years. In the 1930s and 40s, the trait theory of leadership assumed that people are
1:38.0	born with certain qualities that make them excel in leadership roles. The obsession with traits
1:44.4	continues. Although the dominant theories and academics have shifted over the past 80 years,
1:50.3	common practice shows that most businesses are continuing to operate in the 1930s and 40s.
1:55.9	According to Harvard Business Review, the use of personality assessments are on the rise,
2:00.4	growing as much as 20% annually. The dominant view continues to be that people are who they are
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