Why Your Brain Dictates Your Reality and 5 Ways to Boost It w/ John R. Miles EP 136
Passion Struck with John R. Miles
John R. Miles
4.7 • 779 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
- Discuss with your friends and families the complexity of the brain.
- What did you find most inspiring about the story of Phineas Gage?
- What can you learn about the brain from Gage's story?
- What is the most fascinating thing about the brain?
- What steps will you stake after hearing today’s episode to change your behavior and choices?
- My interview with Gretchen Rubin: https://passionstruck.com/gretchen-rubin-the-key-to-happiness/
- My interview with former Dr. Michelle Segar: https://passionstruck.com/dr-michelle-segar-the-joy-choice/
- My interview with David Vago on Meditation: https://passionstruck.com/dr-david-vago-on-self-transcendence/
- Are you having trouble prioritizing yourself? John discusses the importance of self-love in Episode 104
- 0:00 Announcements
- 3:00 Why your brain determines your reality
- 5:11 Story of Phineas Gage and its impact on brain research
- 9:40 How do you re-wire the brain for peak performance?
- 10:02 The impact of diet on a healthy brain
- 11:38 The impact of exercise on brain performance
- 14:17 The impact of music on brain performance
- 15:40 The impact of sleep on brain performance
- 17:21 The impact of meditation on brain performance
- 19:00 Synthesis and wrap up
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- Book John to Speak: https://johnrmiles.com/speaking/
- Keynotes, books, podcast, and resources: https://linktr.ee/John_R_Miles
- Children’s Book — You Matter, Luma: https://youmatterluma.com/
- Substack: https://www.theignitedlife.net/
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up next on the PassionStruct podcast, our brain functions like a big computer. |
| 0:06.1 | The brain processes information that it receives from our five senses and sends information back to the body. |
| 0:14.0 | However, the brain is so much more complex than a machine. |
| 0:17.7 | Humans think and experience emotions with their brains and it is the root of human intelligence. |
| 0:25.4 | Welcome to PassionStruct. Hi, I'm your host, John Armiles, and on the show we decipher the secret's |
| 0:31.5 | tips and guidance of the world's most inspiring people and turn their wisdom into practical advice |
| 0:37.8 | for you and those around you. Our mission is to help you unlock the power of intentionality |
| 0:44.0 | so that you can become the best version of yourself. If you're new to the show, I offer advice |
| 0:49.6 | and answer listener questions on Fridays. We have long-form interviews the rest of the week with |
| 0:55.2 | guest-ranging from astronauts to authors, CEOs, creators, innovators, scientists, military leaders, |
| 1:02.9 | visionaries and athletes. Now, let's go out there and become PassionStruct. |
| 1:08.0 | Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Momentum Friday, an episode 136 of PassionStruct. |
| 1:14.8 | Recently ranked as one of the top 50 most inspirational podcasts in the world. |
| 1:20.7 | Thank you to each and every one of you who comes back weekly to listen and learn, |
| 1:26.0 | how to live better, be better, and impact the world. In case you missed our episodes from |
| 1:30.9 | earlier in the week, I had the opportunity to interview New York Times best-selling author, |
| 1:36.5 | Rechen Ruben, where we discussed the importance of knowing yourself, how negative emotions |
| 1:42.7 | impact our happiness, and the importance of having atter, order, and intercom. I also interviewed |
| 1:49.3 | Dr. Michelle Seger about her new book, The Joy Choice, and we discussed how micro choices |
| 1:56.0 | that we make every single day have such a long-term impact on our eating and exercise. |
| 2:02.3 | I also wanted to give a shout-out from our fan of the week from the United Kingdom, Noah Butcher, |
| 2:08.3 | and Noah Wright's informative as someone desiring to be PassionStruct. I love listening to |
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