4010: [Part 1] How to Increase the Volume of Your Brain and Make Optimal Decisions by Benjamin Hardy

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🗓️ 10 May 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 4010: Benjamin Hardy challenges the belief that personality and intelligence are fixed, arguing instead that environment, expectations, and deliberate challenges can radically reshape who we become. Drawing from psychology and neuroscience, he explains how brain plasticity, intentional growth, and continually stepping into new roles can strengthen cognitive ability and lead to better decisions. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://medium.com/@benjaminhardy/how-to-take-ownership-and-change-your-brain-identity-and-future-252ffab07523 Quotes to ponder: "Who you are depends on the situation you are in." "If you do not create and control your environment, your environment creates and controls you." "Every next level of life will require a different you." Episode references: Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:23.9	Magnesium contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
0:26.2	Protein contributes to the growth in maintenance and muscle mass.
0:28.2	Ion contributes to a reduction of tightness and fatigue.
0:30.7	This is Optimal Living Daily.
0:33.3	How to Increase the volume of your brain and make optimal decisions.
0:37.0	Part 1 by Benjamin Hardy of
0:38.9	Benjamin Hardy.com, and I'm your narrator, Justin Mollick, reading you blogs every single day of the year.
0:44.7	This is one of a few shows where we narrate articles for you. You can search for optimal living
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0:55.4	to you. Now today's article is a little longer than normal. I'll read the first half today and then
1:00.7	finish the rest for you tomorrow. So with that, let's get right to part one as we optimize your life.
1:09.9	How to increase the volume of your brain and make optimal decisions, part one by Benjamin Hardy of
1:16.3	Benjamin Hardy.com
1:17.7	Perhaps the biggest myth in Western culture is that we are born with a fixed and intrinsic personality,
1:25.3	that who we are when we're born is who will be when we die.
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