Optimize Your Brain For Better Health, Performance And Fulfillment | Neuroscientist, Dr. David Eagleman
Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais
Dr. Michael Gervais
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🗓️ 1 November 2023
⏱️ 104 minutes
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Summary
How can you train your brain to unlock more joy and success in your life?
Diving deep into this exciting question is today's guest, Dr. David Eagleman, a revolutionary thinker and trailblazer in the world of neuroscience.
"One of the most important things you can do for your brain is to constantly challenge it."
As an esteemed Stanford professor and intrepid explorer of the human brain, David's contributions to the field of neuroscience are significant. He has pioneered studies on the brain's plasticity, sensory substitution (the process of using a different sense to replace or make up for the lack of another), the function of dreams, time perception, and so much more.
But David is not just a scientist and professor—he's the best-selling author of 8 books on neuroscience, the host of a PBS television series on the brain, and the host of his own podcast, 'Inner Cosmos,' which dives deeper into the intersection of brain science and technology.
And if that wasn't enough, he's also the founder of two incredible companies (both of which we discuss in this episode).
Remarkable. I really love the places David took us today.
In our conversation, David shares how an optimized brain could be the gateway to anchoring ourselves in the present moment, unlocking our potential, and living a more vibrant life.
So, whether you're someone in pursuit of optimizing your mind for peak performance or just wanting to think and feel more deeply, this is a thought-provoking conversation you won't want to miss.
And I can't wait for you to dive in.
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| 0:00.0 | To my mind, this is really one of the most powerful things that we can do is understand |
| 0:07.0 | ourselves through time. In other words, your future self is different than who you are |
| 0:11.4 | right now and will be tempted by things. So the question is, what can you do to set |
| 0:17.0 | into place a contract so that you cannot screw that up? |
| 0:29.2 | Okay, welcome back. Or welcome to the Finding Mastery podcast. I am your host, Dr. Michael |
| 0:35.7 | Jervé, by trade in training a high performance psychologist. And I am so stoked to welcome a revolutionary |
| 0:43.4 | thinker, a true trailblazer in the world of neuroscience, the highly respected Dr. David |
| 0:49.7 | Ekelman. Now, as an esteemed Stanford professor and intrepid explorer of the human brain, his |
| 0:57.0 | contributions to the field of neuroscience are significant. He has pioneered studies on |
| 1:01.8 | brain plasticity, sensory substitution, which is the process of using different senses to replace |
| 1:09.0 | or make up for the lack of another. I mean, our brains are remarkable. The function of dreams, |
| 1:15.5 | time perception, and so much more. In today's conversation, David takes us on a fascinating journey, |
| 1:23.2 | sharing how an optimized brain could be the gateway to anchoring ourselves in the present moment, |
| 1:29.7 | to unlocking our potential and living a more vibrant life. So I can't wait for you to experience |
| 1:36.9 | the passion and the rich knowledge that lives within side him. David is not just a scientist and |
| 1:42.8 | professor. He's the best-selling author of eight books on neuroscience. His host of a PBS |
| 1:48.1 | television series on the brain is a founder of two incredible companies, both of which we discuss |
| 1:53.7 | in this conversation. And he's also the host of his own podcast, Inner Cosmos, which he dives |
| 2:00.3 | deeper into the intersection of brain science and technology. I mean, he's remarkable. And I |
| 2:06.5 | really love the places David took us in this conversation. We explore why novelty is so important |
| 2:13.1 | when it comes to optimizing our brain's performance, how to shape our future behavior, which is really |
| 2:19.0 | cool, intriguing ways to increase productivity for individuals and teens, and even practical tools |
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