How To Master Your Brain’s 3 Gears, Improve Your Focus & Break Free from Stress with Dr Mithu Storoni #487

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Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Alternative Health, Mental Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 140 minutes

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Summary

Today’s workplaces are rapidly evolving, and today’s guest believes we’re still clinging to outdated notions of productivity. Despite the shift from physical to knowledge-based work, many workplaces still prioritise quantity over quality and this is leading to stress and burnout for many employees. Dr Mithu Storoni is a University of Cambridge-trained physician, neuroscience researcher and ophthalmic surgeon who advises many multinational companies on mental performance and stress management. Her latest book, ‘Hyperefficient: Simple Methods to Optimise Your Brain and Transform the Way You Work’, lays out the tools we need to retune our brains to their best settings for complex thinking, creativity, concentration, and decision-making. In our conversation, Mithu explains her novel idea that our brain has 3 different gears and that if we can learn how to use them, we can dramatically improve our productivity and our mental wellbeing. She also explains the critical importance of aligning our work patterns with our natural bodily rhythms, the science of taking regular breaks, the specific benefits that naps can offer and the role of exercise, particularly walking, in enhancing creativity and problem-solving. We also discuss the impact of modern technology on our ability to focus and relax, and Mithu contrasts our modern lives, with the lives of long living communities around the world. This episode is brimming with actionable advice on how to work more effectively, protect your brain health, and find a more harmonious balance between productivity and wellbeing. Whether you're battling burnout, struggling with focus, or simply looking to optimise the way you live, Mithu's approach offers a roadmap to a more fulfilling and sustainable approach to life. Support the podcast and enjoy Ad-Free episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/feelbetterlivemore. For other podcast platforms go to https://fblm.supercast.com. Thanks to our sponsors: http://www.vivobarefoot.com/livemore https://thriva.co https://airbnb.co.uk/host https://drinkag1.com/livemore Show notes https://drchatterjee.com/487 DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or qualified healthcare provider. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.

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0:00.0	In a standard, intense office job, and what we're all doing is we are running marathons at the speed of a sprint.
0:10.0	We're now entering an era where it's not just what you're doing, it's the quality of your thoughts, it's the quality of your decisions.
0:18.0	And for that, we need to work in a different way.
0:21.8	Hey guys, how you doing? I hope you having a good week so far. My name is Dr. Rongan Chatterjee,
0:28.1	and this is my podcast, Feel Better, Live More. Do you generally feel calm, or do you feel constantly on the go with a background level of stress?
0:42.9	Of course, the pressures in our life can come from a variety of different places,
0:47.8	but they often come from our work, not just what we have to do, but how we tend to do it as well.
0:55.5	This week, my returning guest is Dr. Mitu Steroni.
1:00.2	Mitu is a University of Cambridge trained physician,
1:03.8	neuroscience researcher, an ophthalmic surgeon,
1:07.2	who advises many multinational companies on mental performance and stress management.
1:13.3	Her latest book, Hyper-Efficient, simple methods to optimize your brain and transform the way you work,
1:21.2	lays out the tools we need to retune our brains to their best settings for complex thinking, creativity, concentration and decision-making.
1:32.5	Now, Mitsu believes that the way we work today has to urgently change.
1:37.0	She explains how society's approach to work has remained the same for many years now,
1:42.2	despite our shift from physical work to knowledge-based tasks with serious
1:47.2	negative consequences. In our conversation, Mitu explains her novel idea that our brain has three
1:54.3	different gears, and that if we can learn how to use them, we can dramatically improve our
2:00.8	productivity and our mental well-being.
2:04.5	She also explains the critical importance of aligning our work patterns with our natural bodily rhythms,
2:10.9	the science of taking regular breaks, the specific benefits that NAPS can offer and the role of exercise, particularly
2:19.7	walking, in enhancing creativity and solving problems. We also discuss the impact of modern
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