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Speaker 1: I've decided to do a few episodes with more of

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Speaker 1: and having some of the repetitious conversations that can be

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Speaker 1: So we'll see how we go, and you, my audience,

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Speaker 1: let me know. So these work, These episodes are a

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Speaker 1: it'd be great to hear whether or not you vibe

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Speaker 1: with these kind of more We're not going to do

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Speaker 1: them all the times that I'm panic, but a little

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Speaker 1: kind of downloading information and nulle than it is specifically

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Speaker 1: inspirational motivation. So today I'm going to do a deep

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Speaker 1: dive into the single most powerful, confusing, brilliant, and occasionally

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Speaker 1: and that is our brain. Your brain, my brain. So

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Speaker 1: I guess before we dive in I should unpack the title,

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Speaker 1: which is brain literacy. So what does that mean? Thanks

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Speaker 1: for asking? So it's it's what is it? It's basically

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Speaker 1: the you understanding how your brain works. It's you understanding

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Speaker 1: but you're kind of intertwained. So understanding it not in

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Speaker 1: So it means knowing the fundamentals, like that your brain

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Speaker 1: almost despite us, not because of us. If that makes sense.

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Speaker 1: That stress changes what's happening in your brain. That habits

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Speaker 1: That's more important than motivation from a creating behavior, a

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Speaker 1: So the role of our brain is to run the

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Speaker 1: when your brain in inverted commas works against you, it's

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Speaker 1: usually not trying to ruin your life. It's trying to

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Speaker 1: save your life. It's trying to protect you by using

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Speaker 1: I guess ancient software. In a modern world, there aren't

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Speaker 1: too many sabertoothed tigers. There aren't too many threats that

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Speaker 1: were imminent threats two ten thousand years ago. It's different now, obviously.

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Speaker 1: But your brain's first job is literally to keep you alive,

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Speaker 1: not to help you thrive, not to help you innovate

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Speaker 1: or become a bloody ig Instagram superstar or podcast or

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Speaker 1: success or. Your brain's job is literally key you alive.

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Speaker 1: And so that's what it does. It prioritizes predictability over possibility,

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Speaker 1: familiarity over improvement, certainty over growth, safety over progress. And

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Speaker 1: that's why you can desperately want to change but still

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Speaker 1: when you know that that discomfort is probably the thing

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Speaker 1: And it's why you can overthink, catastrophize, freeze, procrastinate, and

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Speaker 1: self sabotage. So the brain's not trying to punish you,

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Speaker 1: it's trying to protect you from perceived risk. The problem

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Speaker 1: is your brain can't tell the difference between a real

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Speaker 1: threat and actual legitimate, genuine threat, a social threat, an

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Speaker 1: emotional threat, and what we might call a growth opportunity

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Speaker 1: that just feels scary to survival wiring. Giving a presentation

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Speaker 1: might feel like meeting a tiger, not for me, but

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Speaker 1: maybe few. Having a tough conversation for some people feels

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Speaker 1: like just immersing themselves in danger. Trying something new can

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Speaker 1: feel like a threat to stability. But I guess here's

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Speaker 1: the kicker. The same brain that tries to keep you safe,

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Speaker 1: that same brain is also trainable, so you can manage it.

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Speaker 1: The security guard in your head. The amigdala can learn

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Speaker 1: the difference between danger and discomfort. The prefrontal cortex can

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Speaker 1: be strengthened, Your automatic fear responses can be what can

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Speaker 1: they be recalibrated, recalibrated, and your habits can be changed.

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Speaker 1: We can create new neural pathways. Those habits can be

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Speaker 1: reprogrammed and rewritten. So when your brain seems to be

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Speaker 1: working against you, remind yourself it's not broken, lazy, or defective.

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Speaker 1: It's just doing what it was built to do. It's

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Speaker 1: just doing its job. But based on an out dated

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Speaker 1: rule book. Your job is to create a new one. Alrighty,

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Speaker 1: So I've just hit the pause button here because I'm

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Speaker 1: looking at the time and I'm realizing I didn't know

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Speaker 1: that this would take so long. So I'm going to

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Speaker 1: make this two parter. So I'm going to call that

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Speaker 1: the end of part one. I'll be back tomorrow to

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Speaker 1: you know, hopefully getting something out of this. I just

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Speaker 1: think it's really important. Maybe it's just to me, maybe

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Speaker 1: because I'm just fascinated with the brain and the mind

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Speaker 1: and the intersection and human behavior. And maybe it's because

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Speaker 1: I'm getting old and I think, fuck, I want my

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Speaker 1: brain to work as well as it can for as

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Speaker 1: long as it can, but maybe you want that for

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Speaker 1: you too. Nonetheless, I'll be back tomorrow, same bat channel

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Speaker 1: for part two. See then,