Does Quitting make you More Likely to Quit? Joe De Sena asks neurosurgeon Dr. Mark McLaughlin
The Hard Way With Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.8 • 874 Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2020
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
A brain surgeon, author, and wrestling coach Dr. McLaughlin knows how obstacles affect your body & mind. He explains the science behind quitting and its effects on the brain, and why it's critical to overcome obstacles. We get good at what we do, which includes quitting. Through his life experiences, he's learned to metabolize fear using what he calls "Cognitive Dominance." It allows you to make quick decisions in stressful situations, something we all need! Don't be limited by fear and always keep challenging your brain!
LESSONS
- You are what you repeatedly do
- Challenge your brain
- Follow your circadian rhythms
- Don't let fear limit you
- You can metabolize fear in a healthy way
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LINKS
https://www.markmclaughlinmd.com/book
TIME STAMPS
0:25 Joe intros this episode
1:20 TRUEFORMRUNNER.COM intro
1:50 Interview begins with wrestling
3:00 His family's history & beginnings of weightlifting
7:15 The psychology of quitting
9:00 Challenging your brain
12:00 Parenting strategies
14:00 Training good habits
15:30 Earn your breakfast
17:10 Camp Spartan on Youtube
18:15 TRUEFORMRUNNER.COM break
19:45 Rites of passage
22:45 Limitations of fear
25:30 Overcoming anxiety of perceived failures
27:00 Cognitive dominance and advanced situational awareness
28:00 A map to metabolize fear
29:00 Alchemy in transformation
30:00 Quadrants of the subjective and objective
32:00 Go towards your fear
33:00 Joe debriefs what he learned
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CREDITS:
Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.
Hosts: Joe De Sena
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Production Assistant - Andrea Hagarty
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| 0:00.0 | It's an unfinished neural circuitry that you're laying down. |
| 0:03.3 | So, you know, Aristotle said, you know, we are what we repeatedly do. |
| 0:07.4 | And so when you are strengthening, you know, perseverance, when you're strengthening your mental |
| 0:13.3 | toughness you are basically creating a neural pathway a network of cells that |
| 0:18.9 | goes from A to B to C to D to E. Spartans, Joe DeSena here, CEO and founder of Spartan |
| 0:26.0 | and your host for Spartan Up Podcast. |
| 0:28.6 | I interviewed this guy, Mark McLaughlin. |
| 0:30.2 | Like I'm really fascinated as I'm sure you are with the brain. |
| 0:33.0 | So here's a neurosurgeon that happens to be a wrestler so he thinks the way we think. |
| 0:38.0 | And he's done some studies that are amazing. |
| 0:40.0 | Literally changed my life talking to this guy. |
| 0:42.0 | I think you're going to dive in here. I think |
| 0:44.8 | you're going to learn something. You know we talk about this idea success, |
| 0:47.5 | breeds success, failure breeds failure. And it's a nice thing to say, but he explains why as a neurosurgeon what he sees as a pattern on our brains |
| 1:00.0 | that lead to that, that lead to success, breeding success and failure, |
| 1:04.3 | so stay tuned. By the way, if you're a wrestler or from any combat sport, |
| 1:09.0 | rugby, football, etc, I want to hear from you comment in the comment section because I suspect you're just a little more |
| 1:15.8 | resilient than the rest of us so pay attention you're gonna enjoy this |
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| 1:31.9 | running, improve your form, and reduce injury. |
| 1:34.7 | Find out more at trueformrunner.com. We are now full-blown wrestlers in this family. |
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