How To Dominate Cognitive Tasks, Think Faster And Get More Done.

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Ben Greenfield

Education, Fitness, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 27 December 2014

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

I was a bit jet-lagged, tired and slightly below my desired cognitive capacity prior to hopping on stage this year to speak at the Bulletproof Biohacking conference.

So as I wandered through the expo, I thought to myself - why not try a new-fangled smart drug I haven't tried before? As you'd probably suspect, that's not something I advise to do prior to getting on stage in front of hundreds of people, but I occasionally live life on the wild side, so I grabbed a handful of some stuff called "CILTEP" (which is basically a mix of artichoke extract and forskolin), washed it down with a glass of water, and then gave my presentation. I did not get sick, vomit, or die, and things went pretty well during the presentation. I also got an email a few weeks later from the folks at NaturalStacks (the developers of CILTEP) asking me if I'd like to interview their co-founder Roy Krebs, who is a former college football player, an ex-sushi chef, and is now in charge of helping to develop smart drugs and designed strategies for hard-charging individuals to mentally dominate cognitive tasks. Roy sounded like a fascinating guy, so I said yes.

And now you get to listen in to our discussion, during which I ask Roy: -How does one become a developer and designer of smart drugs? -What is your approach to developing a smart drug? -What are your top strategies for people to dominate cognitive tasks? -What's the best way to get things done faster: routine or randomness? -Do you use to-do lists, or do you just "flow"? -I've heard you're into sensory deprivation and float tanks. What's the best way to use those?

Resource we discuss in this episode: -CILTEP -FocusAtWill -RescueTime -Inversion Table -Marinara Timer for Pomodoro Technique -Float Seattle Do you have questions, comments or feedback about CILTEP, thinking faster, enhancing cognitive performance or anything else that Roy and I discuss? Leave your thoughts BenGreenfieldFitness.com.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast.
0:04.3	We provide you with everything you need to know for total performance, fat loss, recovery,
0:10.0	digestion, sleep, brain and hormone optimization.
0:14.2	So whether you're an Iron Man triathlete or you just want to shed a few pounds, get ready
0:18.8	for non-monofemil cutting edge content from BenGreenfieldFitness.com.
0:30.0	Hey folks, if you've been listening to the podcast for a couple of months, then you know
0:50.6	that I recently spoke at the Bulletproof Biohacking Conference.
0:56.9	And I have to admit that I had just flown in from racing the Vermont Spartan Beast when
1:03.1	I spoke at that conference.
1:04.1	And I was a little bit jet lagged, I was a little bit tired.
1:06.7	I was slightly below my desired cognitive capacity prior to hopping on stage.
1:13.2	So as I was wandering through the expo prior to getting on stage to speak, I thought, well,
1:18.8	why not just try some new fangled smart drug that I've never tried before as one does.
1:24.8	So as you'd probably suspect that I don't necessarily advise getting on stage in front
1:29.2	of hundreds of people with some new nutraceutical in your body you've never tried before, but
1:35.4	I occasionally live life on the wild side.
1:37.8	So I grabbed a handful of this stuff called siltep, which is basically a mix of artichoke
1:45.9	extract and forkullin and a few other things we'll probably talk about in today's podcast.
1:51.6	I wash it out with the glass of water and then I gave my presentation and low and behold,
1:56.7	I did not get sick, I did not vomit, I did not die.
2:00.0	Things went pretty well during the presentation.
2:03.3	But ultimately I got an email a few weeks later from the folks at natural stacks who are
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