Robert Cooper, Ph.D.
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7
grade history class
end-of-year project
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What does it take to unlock and
achieve your true potential?
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Peak performance database
1M+
New global research
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The neuroscience of upgrading your
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Brandon Blommaert
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Possible
Great
Good
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Life does not exist except for change.
- Aristotle
Change │cambium │ becoming
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1.
Neuroplasticity
,
also known as brain plasticity, is an umbrella term that
encompasses both synaptic plasticity and non-synaptic
plasticity—it refers to changes in neural pathways and
synapses due to changes in behavior, environment, neural
processes, thinking,
and emotions
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There has never been another person exactly like you
There never will be again
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Complex symphony
of trillion of cells
+ limits to what you experience
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The eyes only see
what the mind is
prepared to
comprehend.
- Henri Bergson, French philosopher, 1927
Nobel Prize in Literature
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Arthur
Tatum
Jazz Pianist
1909-1956
To hear a sampling of his music:
“Jazz Archives – Masterpieces 16:
Art Tatum”
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What unique new abilities
and possibilities
are in you?
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One Barrier
Hard-wired Human
Nature
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2.
It can be a great employee, but a terrible boss
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Human beings have an
“immunity to change”
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AWAY
The brain is hard-wired to:
Polish the past
Drift
Play small
Forget the future
Fear scarcity
Work harder/longer
Dabble on the surface
Stare and miss
Stay lost “in the blur”
Compete
Feedback
Repeat
Duck
Defer and Delay
Resist/die/fall
TOWARD
The brain has the capacity to:
Create the future
Dream
Contribute large
Connect near & far
Grow abundance
Work smarter
Set records
Scan and see
Be selectively attentive
Excel
Feedforward
Innovate
Dare
Deliver
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Hardwired
tendencies & defaults
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Present Shock
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POSSIBILITY
Future
Discounting
 Automate
 React
 Bursts of focus
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“Total motivation”
“Top goals”
habituate in the brain
in minutes
and “disappear”…
out of action
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3.
Countermeasures
The ability to WIRE BETTER PROGRAMS
into the structure of the brain
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Mind On/Mind Off™
The brain needs more frequent
disengagere-engage breaks
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Speed to Habit™
You can build a new habit
in 59 seconds
or 3 repetitions
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Apex Operating System™
What is your unique blueprint
for being at your unlimited best
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The First 22 Minutes
How you start the day upgrades
or downgrades your whole day
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Prime Time™
A focused hour inside your best
natural time of day can out-produce
the rest of the day
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Growing/Rising
Livewiring
Cannot stay the same
“Neuroplasticity”
Fading/Falling
Hardwiring
tendencies & defaults
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First
attention
priority
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4 Questions
① Is it important?
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If not, what is important?
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② What do my best
instincts
say?
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One Ten Trillionth of visual field
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Observation Power
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③ How can I do this differently?
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Over-emphasizing
BLOCKS GROWTH
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④ What’s the follow-through?
Every evening:
What did I learn today
that was new?
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A goal
is the most powerful
motivating force in
the world
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II
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Top goals
HAVE A 90%
FAILURE RATE
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Passionate
commitments
HAVE A 98%
FAILURE RATE
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Envision a
top goal
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1. Bring the goal into focus
more often every day
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 “Stretch” but real possibilty
Fantasy = failure
 Personally compelling/EEM
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 Covert?
 Goals first
effectiveness follows
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2. Anticipate and Automate
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 Commit to Implement
 Use Visual Goal Prompts
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 Make If-Then Plans
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3. Adapt in Real-Time
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 Use first-name self-talk
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 Take goal power-breaks
After 10-20 minutes of priority focus:
 Dis-engage from goal focus
“DONE”
 Take a break
 Re-engage with goal
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4. Measure
Progress
Every
Friday
Anticipatory
Performance
Rise
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My Grandfather’s Prayer
Wendell L.
Downing, M.D.
1897-1966
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Understanding all the
mysteries of life
is beyond me…
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But at this moment,
with every ounce of
my energy and spirit,
I am here.
Call upon more of the best in me.
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Neuroscience + Technology
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Robert Cooper, Ph.D.
Winning in a Changing World
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