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From visionary leaders to 48 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,880 trailblazing creatives, we uncover the mindset, strategy, 49 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:08,199 and grit behind greatness. Whether it's business, culture, 50 00:02:08,199 --> 00:02:10,840 or personal growth, we ask the real questions. 51 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:13,720 This isn't just conversation, it's transformation. 52 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:17,200 The Kingdom's podcast, Your next breakthrough starts here. 53 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:24,480 Music licensing reimagined. Ladies and gentlemen, you once 54 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:27,080 again welcome to the King James broadcast. 55 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:32,120 And today I've got one V Whiten out of the United States of 56 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:36,280 America, Big Walker, Dave Farrow. 57 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:38,760 Well I'm also Canadian if that helps. 58 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:42,400 I don't know if that wow. Canadian American, A lot of 59 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:44,720 people are jealous of you brother, you know. 60 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:46,480 Jealous. I'm your host. 61 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,760 A lot of people are jealous of you, you know, I'm your host. 62 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:54,960 And of course, today's guest is not just impressive, he is 63 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:59,280 scientifically proven. Dave Farrow is a two time 64 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,880 Guinness World Record holder for greatest memory, earning that 65 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:07,880 title by memorizing the exact order of 59 decks of shuffled 66 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:12,120 playing cards using what is now known globally as the Farrow 67 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:16,040 Memory Method. He overcame ADHD who wired his 68 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:19,680 own brain, then used a methodology that has been 69 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,760 validated through neuroscience research, included a 70 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:25,720 double-blind study at McGill University. 71 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:30,000 He has appeared across major media including Doctor Oz, 72 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:32,680 Discovery Channel and the Today Show. 73 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:36,120 He now leads Fire Communications helping brands build 74 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:40,200 unforgettable messaging using brain based strategies. 75 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:43,440 This conversation is about more than memory. 76 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:50,040 It's about identity, discipline, neuroplasticity, focus and what 77 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,280 becomes possible when the brain is trained deliberately. 78 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:59,040 Ladies and gentlemen, once again welcome Dave to The Kingdom's 79 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:01,520 podcast. Well, thank you very much for 80 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:02,880 having me. This is great. 81 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,680 I love, I love the work that you do and people are following your 82 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:08,480 podcasts on a regular basis. They see you ask some really 83 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:10,880 good questions, some tough questions sometimes, but I'm all 84 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:13,680 for it. You said some tough questions, I 85 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:15,480 don't mean. Like, I don't mean like you're, 86 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:16,480 you're trying to challenge people. 87 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:19,000 I just mean like, you know, yes, you go outside the box. 88 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:20,399 You want to ask things I've had a lot of? 89 00:04:20,399 --> 00:04:22,800 Yeah, the curiosity. Yeah, you try to ask things that 90 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,320 other people aren't asking. It's not the usual, you know, 91 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:28,360 It's not, but some some AI slop generating something. 92 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:30,040 You you got a you got a brain in there. 93 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:32,400 You have some good questions. So I've been looking forward to 94 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,040 this interview. Thank you very much, brother. 95 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:37,400 You know, we'll put in the research, putting the research 96 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:39,480 into this thing. You know, let's start with 97 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,200 talking about your identity tenant point. 98 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:44,320 You went from struggling with ADHD. 99 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:49,080 And by the way, I am also an individual with ADHD, right So. 100 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:54,240 Unite, Brother. Yes, let's organize. 101 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:55,760 Wait, what was that? I got distracted. 102 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:01,760 Dear brother, you know, to become a Guinness World Record 103 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:04,640 holder, Like, what was that exact moment you realized your 104 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:08,680 brain wasn't broken, but it was just untrained? 105 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,480 That is the best question yes, because most of the time they 106 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:15,360 asked me like when did you know you were born with a great 107 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:16,720 memory? And it's like it's right there 108 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:18,680 in my bio. I was not born with a great 109 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:20,600 listen. I, I have a memory course. 110 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:22,960 If I was born with an amazing memory, that course would be 111 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,120 very short. It would be be me. 112 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:29,760 Can't help you, you know, but but no, but I struggled in 113 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:32,400 school. I, I was and, and actually, if 114 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:34,120 you want to know about motivation, I know you talk a 115 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,680 lot about motivation. My big motivation was somebody 116 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:39,800 who didn't believe in me, who told me that I was, you know, I, 117 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:43,800 I ADHD, dyslexia and a couple of other learning challenges and 118 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,520 basically said that, you know, there's no way I'm going to be 119 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,000 able to take higher education, run a business. 120 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,080 There's no way I'm going to be able to do anything other than 121 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:54,200 maybe a manual labor job and I should give up now. 122 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:57,320 And I was 14 when he told me that. 123 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:01,160 So what kind of person tells a 14 year old stop setting goals? 124 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:02,800 You know, like you're done, right? 125 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:04,200 So I was so pissed. That's. 126 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:05,920 What I just mean. Yeah, he was a teacher, 127 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,520 actually. And I was so pissed. 128 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:10,640 I decided to just learn everything I could about my 129 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:12,080 brain. I was like, I was in, I was 130 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,720 really into martial arts, right. And you know, you know, from 131 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:17,200 like, like most guys get this that really. 132 00:06:18,280 --> 00:06:21,360 I'm also into martial arts. Also into martial arts and very 133 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:23,800 big on the UFC brother. Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, but it's, 134 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:27,000 it's also like a, it's like a metaphor too, because most guys 135 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,800 get this, that, you know, you go to the gym, you work out, your 136 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,240 muscle gets bigger, right? You go, you go practice martial 137 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:34,000 arts, you practice a technique over and over. 138 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,560 You get better at the technique. So I thought, why couldn't they 139 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:39,280 remember my brain? The, the, the belief that the 140 00:06:39,280 --> 00:06:42,200 teachers had or the people that I was talking to was that you're 141 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:43,840 just born smarter. You're born dumb. 142 00:06:43,840 --> 00:06:46,080 And I'm like, well, I wasn't born muscular. 143 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,240 I had to work out for that. I wasn't born a good, you know, 144 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:50,680 good. I'm sure I wasn't born, you 145 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:52,240 know, whatever the skill you have. 146 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:55,120 So what if learning and memory could be a skill rather than a 147 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:57,200 talent? And that was the big shift. 148 00:06:57,440 --> 00:06:59,840 And as it turns out, the points is on my side. 149 00:06:59,840 --> 00:07:02,360 I didn't know that at the time, but memory and learning is a 150 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:04,320 skill. The people who really, really 151 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,240 succeed, they have strategies and there's thousands of 152 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:11,040 different strategies, not just my own saying that the people 153 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:13,400 who really succeed in life, they, they, they can take charge 154 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:16,320 of their brain and everybody has a certain talent. 155 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,720 There are going to be some people who test differently. 156 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:21,160 You know, naturally your memory can be better or worse than 157 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:23,920 other people without any training, but with training, you 158 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:26,360 can excel tremendously. That doesn't mean you're ever 159 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:28,000 going to be perfect. You know, you're never going to 160 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,920 like, like you'll be absent minded once in a while, but the 161 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:33,240 more you train it, the stronger it gets. 162 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:37,240 And we also know that it cuts your risk for, for dementia and 163 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:42,200 memory loss as you're older by 50%, at least you know more than 164 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,800 more than any drug known. Like if there was a drug that 165 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:48,960 cut memory loss by 10%, it would be more popular than Viagra. 166 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:52,120 It would be everywhere, right? But we have something that you 167 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:56,320 can do 10 minutes a day and it cuts your risk by 1/2, basically 168 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:59,600 makes it like impossible for you to, for you to get memory loss 169 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:01,360 when you get older. And that's, that's a good 170 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:04,640 quarter of your life, right? When people start to get and 171 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:07,840 everything, they don't realize that like, you know, if you're 172 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:11,000 going to live to let's say like 85 or something like that, 173 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,040 right? So between when you retire in 174 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:16,120 your sixties, 85, that's a, that's a good quarter, almost a 175 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:18,160 third of your adult life at least, right? 176 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,480 So the quality of that will depend on what you do, what you 177 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:23,760 do now, and you can build up that cognitive reserve. 178 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:29,520 Absolutely, and you know, speaking as somebody who's even 179 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:34,320 with ADHD and like having a similar background, I remember 180 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:38,400 growing up, I grew up in Nigeria, I'm Nigerian or you 181 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:40,400 know, migrated to the United Kingdom. 182 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:44,880 And it's crazy how the teachers in Africa actually treat 183 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:49,800 students or who peels. It's I don't like it because if 184 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:54,240 you are not good at setting subjects, the frame you or label 185 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:58,720 you as, you know, a norm school like idiot, you know, and I was 186 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:04,240 quite poor at math only to, but I was very excellent at the 187 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:07,920 other subjects only to struggle all the way through finishing 188 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:11,720 secondary school. And guess what, I failed math 189 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:15,640 twice. But I come from a background 190 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:20,520 that is faith oriented and at the age of 16, I read the whole 191 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:24,360 of the Bible, went to Bible school, but the favorite Bible 192 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:28,000 verse was feel against 413. I can do all things through 193 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,880 crisis strengthens me and that gave me a lot of motivation. 194 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,440 I just believed that if I put my mind to it, I can achieve it. 195 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:39,120 And then I got into the university, the habit of Nigeria 196 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:43,320 to study economics, only for me to discover that economics was 197 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:46,800 full of mathematics. And there's this girl who taught 198 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:51,120 me think a week or two before the exams and I I made AC. 199 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:56,920 Then the next semester I made AD from, you know, more intense 200 00:09:56,920 --> 00:10:00,400 study. Then in the second year, I made 201 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:04,560 an A in a mathematics economist. And in statistics, I was the 202 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:07,960 highest scoring student in the whole of the faculty. 203 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:11,080 And then done to me. You can do it. 204 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,160 You can put your mind to it, right? 205 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:14,840 You just have to believe in yourself. 206 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:19,840 But for you, what was that driving factor that made you 207 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:23,800 believe in your stuff? You know And at what point you 208 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:27,640 discovered that you can change your performance if you change 209 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:30,080 your belief system. Yeah. 210 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:32,560 You know, a mindset is, is all of it. 211 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:35,640 I mean like so, so there are, there are techniques, there are 212 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:36,960 strategies. We can get into some of the 213 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:41,480 techniques today, but those techniques are useless if you're 214 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:43,320 if you're negative, you think it's not going to work. 215 00:10:44,560 --> 00:10:47,200 Absolutely. And it's, it's such a, such a 216 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,000 tough things. I have some people in my life 217 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:52,360 that are naturally negative and, and they won't give simple 218 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:55,480 things a try because they just think it's not going to work. 219 00:10:55,680 --> 00:10:57,960 It's a self fulfilling prophecy. It's not going to work because 220 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:02,200 you don't give it a try, right. And so I, I went through a lot, 221 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:05,600 a lot of trials and tribulations recently, like since COVID, I 222 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:09,680 actually had a, a huge hit to my memory after COVID, when I got 223 00:11:09,680 --> 00:11:12,440 COVID, I got, I got like a long COVID and it affected my, my 224 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:15,080 natural memory. And I found that my training was 225 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:17,240 much more difficult. And it was very humbling because 226 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:20,880 at this stage in my life, for me to feel forgetful, like on that 227 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:25,720 level was, was horrible. But I went into like a training 228 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:27,720 regimen and, and trained to get my brain back. 229 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:31,560 But it's, it's, it's, it's one of those things that if you just 230 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:35,120 take what you're dealt, I, I don't know where it came in from 231 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:39,880 me, but I just, I could not fathom giving up. 232 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,760 I just couldn't. I just couldn't imagine a world 233 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:45,120 where I gave up, that it made all the the difference. 234 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:48,360 There's no quitter in me. No, but it's. 235 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:50,640 Not the quitter is not even in the dictionary. 236 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:52,880 I give it, I give an example like so I always wanted to run 237 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:55,400 my own business and going back to high school again, since 238 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:57,680 we're since we were talking about that, I was talking to a 239 00:11:57,680 --> 00:11:59,160 guidance counselor way back then. 240 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,840 I remember the conversation. I put it in my book, actually. 241 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:06,680 And the conversation went something like this. 242 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,400 I want to run my own business. And the guidance counselor was 243 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:11,880 like, oh man, that has a really low level of success. 244 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:14,520 You may maybe like, you know, 10% of businesses actually 245 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:16,480 succeed. And I was like, really? 246 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:19,560 That's awesome. And the guidance counselor was 247 00:12:19,560 --> 00:12:21,880 like, wait, wait, what do you mean awesome? 248 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:24,720 I just said you only have a 10% chance to 90% fail rate. 249 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:26,960 And I said, yeah, but I only have to try 10 times and I'm 250 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:28,360 guaranteed to have my own business. 251 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:31,600 That's awesome. I've I've failed a lot more than 252 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:33,560 that at things I don't like to do anyway. 253 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:35,960 I wasn't, I wasn't messing with her. 254 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:38,440 I wasn't playing around. That was literally just like I 255 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:40,640 was like, oh, I just, yeah, I can fail a few times. 256 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:42,520 And like, the way they were looking at it, like, no, a 257 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:44,800 failure is this horrible thing. I'm like, no, it doesn't. 258 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:48,400 You tried something that didn't work out, Wake up the next day 259 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,720 and try again. It's not, it's not like the end 260 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:55,360 of the world because something didn't work, you know, And I 261 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:58,240 think it's so definitely the positive mindset also has to 262 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:03,080 have a real internal resistance to the negativity in the world 263 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:06,640 and the fear of mistakes and, and failing. 264 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:12,320 Can't have that fear of failing. And you know, like, I hate it 265 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:16,320 the way people in the world try to put people in boxes. 266 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:21,160 Now they use limited labels like oh, you're ADHD, you're near 267 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:24,640 neuro divergent, you have poor memory, you lack focus. 268 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:29,160 But how did you transform that limitation into a disciplined 269 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:35,480 system? Well, the first step was to 270 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:38,520 understand that how you think is something you are in control of. 271 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:40,200 You're not in control of a lot of things. 272 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:44,800 There's, there's a lot of really great historical moments where, 273 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:47,040 you know, people were being tortured or there were, you 274 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:50,360 know, wars and battles being fought or people were trapped in 275 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:53,320 horrible health conditions and, and they went back to that 276 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:55,280 truism. I think it's a Stoic principle 277 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:58,080 that, you know, I, I can't control everything, but I can 278 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:00,600 control my thoughts. I can decide to think something 279 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:04,000 or not something, right. And I, so I started with that. 280 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,840 I guess that's first principles. And I thought, well, what if I 281 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:08,400 think about information differently? 282 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:11,040 What if I play with it in my head differently, right. 283 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:13,880 And I learned how the brain triggers memory. 284 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:17,680 So memory is, I want to call it a conscious choice, obviously 285 00:14:17,680 --> 00:14:19,520 not conscious because you're not in charge, but it's a 286 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:21,560 subconscious choice that your brain makes. 287 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:24,000 We even know where that choice happens. 288 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,720 Well, we believe we know there's, there's a lot we don't 289 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:29,400 know about the brain even to this day, but we believe it 290 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:32,440 happens somewhere in the hippocampus and a mechanism 291 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:35,200 called the reticular activating filter or our reticular 292 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:38,600 activating system. So essentially, when you 293 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:42,760 encounter different information, your brain makes a decision to 294 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:46,200 store this information. Now, I, I fight neuroscientists 295 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,360 on this because that's not the way they would phrase it, right? 296 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:51,600 But that's the way I phrase it is that, you know, we have this 297 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:55,120 evolutionary pressure to to protect ourselves, right? 298 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:58,200 So the the analogy I have is tiger in the jungle. 299 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:02,400 So imagine that you are a hunter gatherer 100,000 years ago and 300 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:05,400 you are looking at a beautiful jungle scene. 301 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:08,520 And over to your your side here you have a Cliff with some 302 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:10,280 vines. And then you've got a rock over 303 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:12,000 there. And then you've got then you got 304 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,440 another big rock, but there's a turtle on it or something, you 305 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:15,800 know. And then you've got a nice tree 306 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:18,400 and you see the path, see another tree. 307 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:21,360 You see a tiger high hidden beside the tree staring at you. 308 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:24,040 And you look a little further and then you see like you know 309 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:27,600 some some prints from an animal. And then you see a Bush. 310 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:30,480 And then the tiger eats you because you didn't pay attention 311 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:35,920 to the tiger. The point is, we have evolved to 312 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:38,840 pay attention to the tiger, to pay attention to the one thing 313 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:41,680 that can that help us survive, to stand out from the the crowd. 314 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:44,160 Because there's so much information flooding our senses, 315 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:47,440 our brain ignores most of it. Because it's not most of the 316 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:51,720 information is useless, right? Like, you know, your, your ear 317 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:55,640 can technically slightly hear the blood flowing through your 318 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:58,000 eardrum, right? If you, if you're like sleeping 319 00:15:58,000 --> 00:15:59,920 or you press it against, you can kind of, you know what I mean? 320 00:15:59,920 --> 00:16:02,120 You can, you can feel your heartbeat if you really try, 321 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:04,280 right? But that information is useless 322 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:06,680 right now when you're trying to pass an exam or something like 323 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:09,320 that, right? So we, we ignore so much, we 324 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:11,360 ignore body language. We, we ignore half of what 325 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:12,760 people say, Let's be honest, right? 326 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:16,240 So our brain filters, that's why it's called reticular activating 327 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:19,080 filter, filters out everything and holds on to what it thinks 328 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:21,480 is important. But the difference is what your 329 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:24,320 brain thinks is important is very different from what you 330 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:27,320 think is important. That is the other big lesson. 331 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:30,600 There is a reason why some songs get caught in your head and you 332 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:33,120 can't get them out of your head. There's a reason why that one 333 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:34,720 viral video. Leaving around free. 334 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:36,440 Yeah, living red free in your mind. 335 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:39,000 Yeah, the one viral video sticks in your mind or that guy you 336 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,720 really freaking hate and everything. 337 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:42,320 He's just like sticking in there in your head. 338 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:47,960 So there is a reason why that exists throughout all of this. 339 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:51,640 There's a reason why they stick and facts and figures or 340 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:54,440 people's names or something doesn't stick, right. 341 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:58,040 So we have to get to a point where where we can know what 342 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:02,200 that mechanism is and how it sticks, how it connects. 343 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:05,599 So that's where I, I went on a quest to discover that. 344 00:17:05,599 --> 00:17:08,480 And so, so a lot of it is visualizing information 345 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:11,040 differently, making associations connections. 346 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:13,680 So like, for example, you know, my name is Dave, that would 347 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:15,359 probably go in one ear and out the other, right? 348 00:17:15,599 --> 00:17:19,720 But if I got you to visualize like a wave knocking me over or 349 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:22,720 a wave coming out of my ear or something like that, then all of 350 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:25,800 a sudden that Dave turns into a visual that I can imagine, 351 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:27,920 right. And we do this with with names 352 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:30,520 all the time. If you're memorizing foreign 353 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:33,480 language vocabulary or you're memorizing scientific terms, you 354 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:36,920 know, you just look at the words, your brain kind of kind 355 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:39,800 of zones out. But if you can visualize it in 356 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:42,680 terms of a story, if you can trick your brain into linking it 357 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:43,840 up, and. Pass associations. 358 00:17:44,120 --> 00:17:46,240 Yeah, I'm paying attention, just like you pay attention to the 359 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:47,920 tiger. Then you remember all of it. 360 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:50,600 And then with training and with a little organization, you can 361 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:54,200 remember hundreds of words, vocabulary, a thousands of 362 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:57,160 definitions, and. And then you're called a genius, 363 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:00,280 right? And and it's all one principle. 364 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:04,560 One the concept that you really understood about your brain and 365 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:10,200 practice. You know, for me, I think 1 366 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:14,320 technique I used was like creating memory, like a building 367 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:17,880 block. So there's that base, you need a 368 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:20,040 latch base. And, you know, I start 369 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:23,880 associating new knowledge with existing, you know, body of 370 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:27,920 knowledge and also using mnemonics, right, To like 371 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:31,240 memorize different concepts. Yeah. 372 00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:35,360 Also I like to understand what a concept is about, right? 373 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:39,920 So understanding the principle helps me to be able to replicate 374 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:43,160 the principle. And for mathematics, I just 375 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:45,600 discovered there's a method to the madness, right? 376 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:50,160 So every mathematical equation has a principle for solving it, 377 00:18:50,360 --> 00:18:52,160 right? And of course, what is on the 378 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:54,080 left side is equal to what is on the right side. 379 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:56,880 So if you have that understanding and know the 380 00:18:56,880 --> 00:19:00,040 principles of crossing over on. You know, it turns it into a 381 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:02,680 game. The equal, it just turns into a 382 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:04,760 game. And that changed the whole game 383 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:09,880 for me in terms of mathematics. So it's, it's really interesting 384 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:13,160 having a person who's had like a similar journey, right? 385 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:17,240 Born in different continents, but we're able to figure things 386 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:20,800 out. And for me as a teenager, I, I 387 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:23,960 did an IQ test and I scored one third to something and it's 388 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:28,400 covered. 1/3 of something is gifted your way above the 389 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:32,000 average individual, and it made me to see myself differently. 390 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:35,520 But in terms of your own journey, like how has your 391 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:39,360 journey revealed or what has it revealed about human potential 392 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:43,800 that schools and, you know, workplaces are currently 393 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:50,280 ignoring? I think that we're focusing a 394 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:54,480 lot on classification and categorizing instead of 395 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:58,360 understanding development. So yeah, this happens in the 396 00:19:58,360 --> 00:20:00,360 workplace too. I mean, just it's, it's more of 397 00:20:00,360 --> 00:20:02,320 a philosophy. But if you have a number of 398 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:07,040 employees then but you classify, OK, this employee is your low 399 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:08,960 level employee. This employee has management 400 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:11,120 potential and things like that, but you don't realize all of 401 00:20:11,120 --> 00:20:13,520 them may aspire to go someplace else. 402 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:16,800 It was Napoleon who and Alexander the Great who were 403 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:20,080 some of the greatest leaders. Yeah, that's right. 404 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:22,720 But they they had the smallest armies, but they were able to 405 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:24,680 accomplish and fight much bigger armies. 406 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:28,440 But in both of their cases, the leader knew everything that all 407 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:31,120 of their followers wanted. They knew what was called the 408 00:20:31,120 --> 00:20:33,000 fire that lights the soul. What it what all of them. 409 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,680 What So, so it wasn't just positioning them at what they're 410 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:39,600 good at, also positioning them so they see a place to go where 411 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:42,440 they want to go. So if you help enough other 412 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,000 people get where they want to go, then they'll help you get 413 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:48,560 where you want to go. Wow, that's quite interesting. 414 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:55,680 And let's delve into your method, the fire memory method. 415 00:20:56,120 --> 00:21:01,440 So in simple terms, how does that method work? 416 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:05,800 What are the core principles and how does it work in terms of 417 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:08,920 neuroscience and not just about motivation? 418 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:12,720 Sure. So to start off with, we have an 419 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,400 assessment called memory modes. This is something that I've 420 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:19,400 invented and and it was tested in the double-blind study that 421 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:21,000 you mentioned at the beginning of this interview. 422 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:24,560 And what that does is it categorizes you or or figures 423 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:26,880 out what your brain most responds to. 424 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:31,080 So there's five different ways that the brain responds to 425 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:33,360 information when it's trying to memorize it. 426 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:37,080 So for example, some people personalization is one of the 427 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:39,320 categories. So that means that if you were 428 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:43,400 to make a mental link and those objects were something that you 429 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:45,720 don't own, that you have no connection to and they're some 430 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:47,960 far off land, it won't stick for you. 431 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:52,000 But if you imagine it happening on your front lawn and these are 432 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,160 like, you know, that's a car and a bus or something, but it's 433 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,640 your car or something like that. If it's something where you're 434 00:21:56,640 --> 00:22:00,680 involved or you're in the image, then you'll have three times the 435 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,800 the recall. Others are action oriented where 436 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:05,080 it doesn't matter where it's happening. 437 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,440 Doesn't matter if it's associated to me, as long as 438 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:10,360 it's like fast movement, like crashing explosions. 439 00:22:10,360 --> 00:22:13,200 And these are the people who like action movies and stuff, 440 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:16,040 right? So, so there's also 441 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:19,120 juxtaposition. This is where you replace one 442 00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:21,040 thing with something else. So I was saying, like if I made 443 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:25,360 an association between arrow and bicycle, if I imagine the spokes 444 00:22:25,360 --> 00:22:27,680 replaced with arrows, it would stick in my mind. 445 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:31,720 These people are more likely to become scientists and they more 446 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:35,480 likely to like mystery books and, and, and things like that, 447 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:37,560 science fiction. So it, it's a bit of a 448 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:39,800 personality test. When you figure out what your 449 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:43,280 brain is triggered by, then you learn the memory techniques for 450 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:46,800 words, for lists, for numbers, for names, for languages, for 451 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,360 definition, speeches, texts. And you learn how to develop 452 00:22:50,360 --> 00:22:52,800 that body of knowledge, how to organize it so you can go 453 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:55,240 through all your studies and memorize all of the definitions 454 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,720 so you can walk into the exam as if you bring the textbook in 455 00:22:57,720 --> 00:22:59,760 your head. That's one of the things that 456 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:01,920 our students talk about. And it become, it becomes like 457 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:05,360 all the memory stuff in terms of that content is just basically 458 00:23:05,360 --> 00:23:07,720 taken care of. You have a strategy for it and 459 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:10,720 then you can focus your energy on passing the test and doing 460 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:12,760 better. Now my program actually goes 461 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:17,720 beyond that where I have a focus method that it's similar to 462 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:20,520 Pomodoro, although when I developed it, I developed it in 463 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:23,480 the 90s and I didn't know about Pomodoro at the time, but 464 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,200 basically it treats focus like a fight or flight response. 465 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:30,880 And we use a timer, but we have very short chunks of time. 466 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:34,600 So we're talking about 5 minutes to 7 minutes and there's certain 467 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:37,280 rules. So you want to do your studying 468 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:41,880 really intensely for a short period of time, not passive for 469 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:43,720 a long period of time. You want to go really intense 470 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:46,440 for a short period of time, then take a short break to clear your 471 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:49,240 head and then do it again. It's almost like it's a lot more 472 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:52,720 like boxing intervals, like 3 minute rounds and then you take 473 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:54,040 a one minute break in three minute rounds. 474 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,160 You got to go really intense and what happens is. 475 00:23:56,400 --> 00:24:00,560 You end up. Studying, well, I'm comparing 476 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:02,600 boxing to studying. You don't try, don't try to 477 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:03,840 study while you're actually boxing. 478 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:06,360 That doesn't work. That's that'd be very difficult. 479 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:10,760 Maybe like. But for professional boxes, you 480 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:15,480 know it's part of the study. You're fun. 481 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,760 So, so anyway, so, so we do, we do the timing technique and 482 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:20,560 everything and that increases your productivity. 483 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,600 So most people find the productivity double S they're 484 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:27,160 able to retain more and do more in a short period of time and 485 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:29,680 get it done. And then when you put it all 486 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:32,400 together, we have some other organizational principles and we 487 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:34,760 have, I have a, a bunch of people who said they wouldn't 488 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:37,160 become when to become doctors or lawyers if it wasn't for my 489 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,560 program. Nice, nice. 490 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:42,040 So, so yeah. So we pretty much cracked the 491 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:45,120 code on how to retain large amounts of information very 492 00:24:45,120 --> 00:24:47,600 quickly. Wow. 493 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:52,120 So for somebody listening to yours today, what is 1 simple 494 00:24:52,120 --> 00:24:56,480 technique, you know, they can start with today to improve the 495 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:58,120 memory. They want to start today, they 496 00:24:58,600 --> 00:24:59,960 don't want to improve the memory. 497 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,960 That's yeah. Today, absolutely. 498 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:04,400 Today. OK, I will say a couple of 499 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,040 things. First off, next time you set 500 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:09,720 something down like like you got like a knife or a or, you know, 501 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:12,800 keys, maybe something like that, right? 502 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:18,240 Put it down and in your mind, imagine it explodes and then 503 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:21,040 when you go back to look for it, that explosion will pop into 504 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:23,120 your head and you'll always remember where you put it. 505 00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:26,040 It's it's a really cool trick and try doing that every day. 506 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:29,560 Another great one is if you're trying to recall something from 507 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:32,200 the distant past, It's a it's a technique I invented called the 508 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,400 shadow memories. If you're trying to remember 509 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:37,800 something from the distant past, then write it down in a notebook 510 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:40,800 what you're trying to remember. And then go to sleep and in the 511 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:42,960 morning, write down everything you can answer. 512 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:46,000 And sometimes it takes a few days, but I actually had my 513 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,960 grand uncle Mike, I was a veteran of World War 2 and he 514 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,440 remembered some of the people he served with using this method. 515 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:53,200 So it was, it was a beautiful thing. 516 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:56,560 So you can, you can retain, you can remember information from a 517 00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:58,520 like your memory is a lot more powerful than you think. 518 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:00,640 The other thing is for names and faces. 519 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:04,160 The first step for names and faces is get curious about the 520 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:06,000 name just goes in one ear and out the other. 521 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,920 We just, we just lose it. So what I tell my students to do 522 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:13,040 is walking around throughout your whole day, get into a habit 523 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:15,520 of, of doing this one thing. When you see somebody, it could 524 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:17,520 be somebody walking down the street or somebody you work with 525 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:19,880 in the back of your mind, say, I wonder what their name is. 526 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:21,280 I wonder what their name is, right. 527 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:24,440 And do this for about a week just to everybody you see, just 528 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:26,840 keep on asking that question. And then the next time you hear 529 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:29,720 someone's name, your brains going to jump on it. 530 00:26:30,120 --> 00:26:32,800 And it's because of the power of questions. 531 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:36,240 By asking yourself questions, it helps trigger that that mental 532 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:39,120 response. So after you've built up this 533 00:26:39,120 --> 00:26:44,080 curiosity for names, then the next step after that is to do 534 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:46,480 what I call the costume party technique. 535 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:48,720 So. What happens at a costume party? 536 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:50,560 Yeah. So imagine you go to a costume 537 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:52,360 party and you meet a bunch of people. 538 00:26:52,360 --> 00:26:53,560 You see all their costumes, right? 539 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:55,800 And then imagine you go the following year, maybe it's a 540 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:57,280 work party or something like that, right? 541 00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:59,240 And you see the same people's faces. 542 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:02,040 You don't know people's names, but how likely is it that you're 543 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,320 going to remember the costumes that they wore last year? 544 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:07,840 In fact, it's incredibly likely you'll you're going to walk 545 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:10,400 around going, oh, yeah. So and so he he dressed up as 546 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:12,520 this last year and that person dressed up as that last year 547 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:14,720 and, and things like it. It's the same mechanism when you 548 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:16,960 see an actor you really like and you think of another movie that 549 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:18,600 they were in or something like that, right. 550 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:21,680 So our brains love to draw those connections, but it has to be, 551 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:24,040 has to be physical. I won't say visual because not 552 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:26,280 everybody's visual, but it has to be a physical thing. 553 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,080 It can't be an abstract thing, like a name doesn't have 554 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:30,920 anything that you can you can grasp onto. 555 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,000 Does that make sense? So yeah. 556 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:35,560 Absolutely. What we do is we turn the name 557 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:37,000 into a costume like. So. 558 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:39,000 Yeah. So like my last name, Pharaoh. 559 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,240 Imagine me dressed up like an Egyptian pharaoh, and I'm like 560 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:44,280 the Pharaoh of memory, you know, something like that. 561 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:47,040 And somebody's name, Bob. You think of a Bobby pin, and 562 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,480 maybe a Bobby pin is like piercing his eye or something 563 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:51,880 weird to make it memorable. And Bob? 564 00:27:52,120 --> 00:27:55,000 The builder. Do this in your head a few times 565 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,120 and you'll remember everybody that you encounter. 566 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:01,160 I love that technique because that's. 567 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:05,240 Just a quick technique and it does take practice, you know, 568 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:09,160 you got to learn a few details. Exactly. 569 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:12,280 And you know, but then that technique gets me into trouble 570 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,720 sometimes because I love to give people nicknames. 571 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:19,600 So if I'm you, you're Bob. I could say Bob the Builder or 572 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:24,360 Pharaoh the Pharaoh. And, you know, sometimes you get 573 00:28:24,360 --> 00:28:27,440 some funny names and you give them some funny associations and 574 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:30,440 the person is frowning and like, what the hell are you doing 575 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:33,520 here? But it's just a memory technique 576 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:38,360 basically, you know, Speaking of the education system and. 577 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:40,360 Sometimes you can get people confused. 578 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:43,360 Like, I'll be honest with you. When I was a single guy, I, I 579 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:47,320 memorized a girl named Mona and a girl named Lisa in the same 580 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:49,840 time. And I used the Mona Lisa 581 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:53,400 painting for each one of them. And I I I swapped the names and 582 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:54,600 neither one of them called me back. 583 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:59,240 Yeah. So you can you can screw up the 584 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:00,880 technique. You do have to practice it. 585 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,240 There isn't. There is a right way and a wrong 586 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:06,480 way to do it. Yeah. 587 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:09,640 I called Mona. Yeah. 588 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,920 Anytime I have two people bury the same name I I weed in 589 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:19,040 numbers and like one that is a one one that is a 2 again it's 590 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:21,200 going to get you to trouble because the person with the 591 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:24,160 number 2 is going to get upset like why am I #2? 592 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:27,880 Well, no, if it's the exact same name, you don't have to do 593 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,160 anything. You can you can memorize several 594 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:32,680 Dave's with the same substitute word, same image. 595 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:35,880 But if you if you have a name that's slightly different, like 596 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:41,600 I just a lot with with Kathy's. So there's Kathleen, Katherine, 597 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:45,280 Kathleen, right. So I'll use a cat, but for the 598 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:48,760 Katherine, I'll use a cat wearing rings for Kathleen, I'll 599 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:51,960 think of like a really skinny, like starving cat Kathleen. 600 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:55,200 It's all you can modify it slightly and and you start to 601 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:57,560 come up with your own little games as you do this technique 602 00:29:57,560 --> 00:29:59,040 more. I'm cracking you up. 603 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:00,400 This is great, but it really does work. 604 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:02,240 But that but it's supposed to be funny though. 605 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:04,080 It's supposed. To be nothing. 606 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:09,200 You know, I'm laughing because I know Eileen, right? 607 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:12,240 Lean Mary. But lean is not lean. 608 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:14,160 She's quite, you know, on the bigger side. 609 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:17,680 And I'm like. Yeah, how do I? 610 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:21,720 Reconcile this. I'm like, OK, the fat lean or 611 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:23,400 the big lean? OK, Eileen. 612 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:27,280 Yeah. Whoa, You know, it's quite 613 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:29,240 interesting. That's actually, I won't, I 614 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:31,760 won't repeat that, but that's actually one of the things that 615 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:34,160 makes it a funnier or stronger picture. 616 00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:36,760 So don't try to, don't try to come up with an image that 617 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:38,520 matches how they look. That's where you're getting into 618 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:40,600 trouble. We remember how people look, 619 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,000 right? We recognize faces quite easily. 620 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:44,120 Actually. There's a, there's a bunch of 621 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:46,760 studies on this. If I showed you like, you know, 622 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:50,520 5 people's photo, right? And I show you like 100 photos 623 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:53,480 and mix those into it, you'll recognize the person's face, but 624 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:55,360 it's attaching the name. That's the tough part. 625 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:59,760 So if, yeah, if you, if you have Eileen attached to a larger 626 00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:03,320 person than that, that's going to stick even more because it, 627 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:05,480 it's different. It's the tiger in the jungle 628 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:09,160 again. Like I did encounter that one 629 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:10,840 time where it's like someone's name. 630 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:14,360 Someone was named Conan. And he was, he was a nice guy, 631 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:17,720 but he was really skinny and he was like, how can I be Conan if 632 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:19,400 I'm like super skinny and scrawny and stuff? 633 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:20,760 Well, like, that's what makes it funny. 634 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:22,360 Actually. That's what makes it, you know, 635 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:25,560 imagining you as Conan, that sticks in my mind even more. 636 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:27,760 You know, if you were a bodybuilder, you'd be like, I'd 637 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:30,800 have to make it funny somehow. Like it's too obvious. 638 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:38,040 OK, if you were to redesign the school system around how the 639 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:40,440 brain actually works, what would you change? 640 00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:45,320 I would focus on skills rather than effort. 641 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:48,920 They focus too much on the amount of time something takes 642 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:50,920 rather than on measuring the skill. 643 00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:53,800 Reading is a skill, math is a skill, writing is a skill. 644 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:57,240 All the different things. Even memory, like even history 645 00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:58,760 is a skill. When you think of, it's like, 646 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:00,040 what? What do you remember of history? 647 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:01,200 What do you understand of history? 648 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:04,440 Understanding concepts. It's not just memory and 649 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,560 recalling facts. It's also like understanding 650 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:09,520 because, well, you can test if somebody understands concepts, 651 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:14,680 do that. So, so I would focus on where 652 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:17,360 are you at with the skill level, like what you know, what level 653 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:19,520 are you reading at? And how can we get you reading 654 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:23,920 at the next level? Not just do these exercises of 655 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:27,640 interpreting the, you know, the words in a different way, but 656 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:29,960 improving the skill. How can you get better each, 657 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:32,280 each and every day? And if you focus on, on 658 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:35,720 consistent improvement, then you scale up really quick. 659 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:42,520 So my son Lex, he's 11 right now going on 15, I think because 660 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:44,920 he's like very mature in a lot of ways, but I started 661 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:50,200 homeschooling him a year ago. So he was in grade 4. 662 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:53,880 He was well behind. He was, he was about to to fail 663 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:56,320 grade 4, right? But because I was homeschooling 664 00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:58,560 him, the teachers decided to keep him. 665 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:01,040 Now he had already failed a grade previous hadn't failed a 666 00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:04,720 grade, but he missed an entire year because of COVID and, and 667 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:09,320 some problems and everything at home, which I, I, I, I took care 668 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:10,680 of by leaving that home. No, I'm kidding. 669 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:15,040 I but I take care of him now. I have, I have him 24/7. 670 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:16,880 I've got, I've got the custody and all that. 671 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:21,200 And as a result, what I'm doing is I'm doing home schooling with 672 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:23,400 him and it really wasn't necessary to do the 673 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:25,680 homeschooling because with his ADD and everything, he was so 674 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:28,680 severe, he just wasn't getting his work done in school at all. 675 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:30,960 So I have very little time because I run a business. 676 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:34,000 But even that it took me more time to work with him on his 677 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:35,880 homework because he wasn't getting anything done in school. 678 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:39,200 So pulled him out of school, did the the homeschooling for grade 679 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:42,240 4 and really it was grade three and four. 680 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:45,400 He was well behind you. He was in grade 3 level when he 681 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:48,800 was in grade 4. So with training and practice, 682 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:51,840 we got him to to ace into grade 4. 683 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:54,480 And now this year we're doing 5 and 6 together. 684 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:56,400 He's already at the Grade 6 level. 685 00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:58,240 So we're going to skip a year this year. 686 00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:00,760 And the things that I'm doing differently, there's less 687 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:05,480 exercises, less homework, less work, more, more skills. 688 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,679 So so we slow down when he doesn't understand something. 689 00:34:09,679 --> 00:34:12,719 We don't try to rush through it with do more exercises, right? 690 00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:14,639 It's this concept. Let's go over it. 691 00:34:14,639 --> 00:34:17,320 And kids have to go over concepts multiple times, 692 00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:20,880 especially math concepts. Like how can you teach algebra 693 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:23,639 is a weird thing, right? Like this letter represents 694 00:34:23,639 --> 00:34:26,320 something else, like to a kid, you know, I mean, to a kids 695 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:30,159 brain, it's so weird, right? You can't just explain it once 696 00:34:30,159 --> 00:34:31,840 and expect them to know you got to go over it. 697 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:36,040 Yeah. And so it's less repetition, 698 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:40,440 less exercise, less less of that and more focusing on the skill, 699 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:43,800 what we get to the next level. And all great mathematicians, if 700 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:46,960 you want to go into math, they talk about how somebody gave 701 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:50,120 them a love for math and it was usually like one problem at a 702 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:52,280 time. Like here's a problem, go away 703 00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:53,920 and solve. If you haven't have a have a 704 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:56,639 problem, come back, you ask a question and like, that's how 705 00:34:56,639 --> 00:34:58,360 you build up your problem solving skills. 706 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:02,320 Not here's 20 problems that you already know how to solve and 707 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:05,120 just do it over and over until you hate like math, right? 708 00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:10,120 So the other thing also is make sure that people are doing 709 00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:13,320 material that is above the level where they're at. 710 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,760 So it challenges them. Kids really love to be 711 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:17,920 challenged. They do not like to do what they 712 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:20,760 already know multiple times. We're doing too much repetition 713 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:23,240 of the basics. Now, that being said, if you 714 00:35:23,240 --> 00:35:25,960 miss the basics, then you have to go back. 715 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:27,720 That's the other thing that people don't do. 716 00:35:27,720 --> 00:35:31,760 I was very sick as a kid. I, I lost months of time in 717 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:34,320 school because I was in the hospital and I only found out 718 00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:38,120 later that I missed key points. I missed bed mas entirely. 719 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:42,080 I missed algebra entirely. And then I was thrown into the 720 00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:44,360 lesson afterwards and I was lost. 721 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:46,080 I was like, why is this not adding up? 722 00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:48,440 And it and nobody pulled me aside and say, no, you got to do 723 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:51,400 the brackets first and then the multiplication and then you know 724 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:52,880 what I mean? Nobody did that. 725 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:55,600 And then when they did, I was like, why didn't you freaking 726 00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:56,960 tell you this earlier? Right? 727 00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:02,040 So learning is emulative. Make sure you fill in the gaps. 728 00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:05,640 If there's a problem filling the gap, but it's not more exercises 729 00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:07,720 doesn't solve it. More discipline, more effort. 730 00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:10,720 It's focused on the skills. And the skills can either be I 731 00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:14,520 missed a key point early on or I'm not understanding a point 732 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:16,160 here. But always try to be focusing on 733 00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:18,080 the skills. You're going to learn more by 734 00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:20,520 trying to build something or, you know, make something happen 735 00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:23,400 than you ever will by going through rote exercises again and 736 00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:26,480 again. And also memory techniques 737 00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:29,440 obviously give you give you a body of knowledge. 738 00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:31,600 Like you said, you have to have a body of knowledge so that you 739 00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:34,520 can think with it. So memorize first, then think 740 00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:36,520 with it. Yeah. 741 00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:40,000 You know, most people learn by doing, right? 742 00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:42,000 Yeah, practically learn by doing. 743 00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:44,360 And that's basically what life is about. 744 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:47,440 You become a better driver by driving more, right? 745 00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:51,040 And so many. Well, it has to have a better 746 00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:55,720 connection to the real world. Well, it has to have something 747 00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:57,920 to the real world. Like when you try to tell kids 748 00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:01,000 to do a math problem and they're like, why am I doing this, 749 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:02,640 right? What's my motivation? 750 00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:05,080 It sounds silly like your motivation is to, you know, get 751 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:06,920 off my butt and and do your work. 752 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:10,800 But the fact is, unless there's some practical connection, a lot 753 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:14,320 of people find it difficult to get motivated right now. 754 00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:17,880 If I'm doing a math formula because I'm building a robot for 755 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:20,680 a competition, then all of a sudden I'm going to make sure 756 00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:23,680 that I learn exactly how to do that math formula and I'm super 757 00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:26,120 excited the whole time. So that, that's something that I 758 00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:28,320 think people don't get with ADD as well. 759 00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:31,400 ADD brains don't have a deficit of attention. 760 00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:34,160 They are just selective as to where they put their attention. 761 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:38,160 They, they, the brain holds back attention from all the boring 762 00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:40,440 stuff or the stuff that's not practical or stuff that's not 763 00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:44,040 important and it floods the stuff that it's interested in. 764 00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:47,080 But that stuff is not necessarily just video games or 765 00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:49,160 something, right? It can be a story that you're 766 00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:51,520 really into. It can be a a project that 767 00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:53,440 you're building and and something you're working on. 768 00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:57,720 Interested. You know, that's this joke I 769 00:37:57,720 --> 00:37:59,800 remember from my country in Nigeria. 770 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:04,960 They say if you want a Nigerian kid to get a math problem 771 00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:09,320 properly, just add the currency side to the numbers and then 772 00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:13,840 they'll get it right. Yes, yes, that's true. 773 00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:16,520 Yeah, Yeah. Just just make it about money 774 00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:19,920 and all of a sudden it works. Yeah, I didn't, I remember 775 00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:23,480 taking accounting in school and I hated it and I quit, right. 776 00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:25,920 And then now I run a business and I'm like, I've got a no 777 00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:28,160 accounting. So I I work on, you know, 778 00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:31,280 getting the accounting going and and I'm fascinated. 779 00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:33,280 All right, looks like we lost him again. 780 00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:34,920 So I'm going to hold off on this. 781 00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:39,320 I don't know if this be edited. Hey, everyone, if you're here, 782 00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:42,720 how you doing? What can I talk about? 783 00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:46,120 Yeah, we're talking about learning and, and studying and 784 00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:48,040 education. Also speed reading. 785 00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:50,520 Speed reading is a big one. I'll bring this up when he comes 786 00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:52,920 back, but just in case you need to use this footage. 787 00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:55,080 We are not taught properly how to read. 788 00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:56,720 We are taught to sound out things. 789 00:38:56,720 --> 00:38:58,560 And we're still going through that. 790 00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:01,040 And it slows down our reading process, making it really 791 00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:03,600 boring. And today, people who read are 792 00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:05,400 there's, there's all sorts of stats on this. 793 00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:08,160 But like, people who read regularly are much more likely 794 00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:11,160 to make more money, to be promoted, to be happier, to have 795 00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:13,920 better relationships. I was doing some content while 796 00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:17,640 you were gone on reading on speed reading, are you? 797 00:39:17,720 --> 00:39:19,120 You were talking about accounted. 798 00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:20,680 You were talking about accounted. 799 00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:22,520 I am a charted accountant. Yeah. 800 00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:24,960 A CPA, Yeah. What do you guys call a CPA in 801 00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:26,840 the US? So I'm very interested in that 802 00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:30,880 story. Well, now I, I run a couple of 803 00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:34,280 businesses, so I really am learning about accounting and 804 00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:36,560 I'm like, I'm motivated to learn about accounting because I want 805 00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:39,120 to save on my taxes. So I didn't bother to learn when 806 00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:41,720 it was more academic, but once it became practical, I was like, 807 00:39:41,720 --> 00:39:44,080 no, I want to be mastery of my of my accounting. 808 00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:48,200 You know, accounting is actually very annoying and very boring. 809 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:52,360 So I can, I can very much relate to the pains of people that 810 00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:55,320 dislike accounting. But let's, I don't know if 811 00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:58,040 you've seen previous episodes of those podcasts wherein I have 812 00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:01,640 interviewed elite level neuroscientists. 813 00:40:01,720 --> 00:40:05,720 I've had neuroscientists from Stanford University, you know, 814 00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:08,320 from different Ivy League schools. 815 00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:13,480 And it seems like the science and the practicality sometimes 816 00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:15,800 have a deviation. But I'm going to put you on the 817 00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:20,440 hotspot when it comes to cognitive decline and longevity. 818 00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:24,640 So you've actually spoken about memory posting activities that 819 00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:27,720 help to prevent Alzheimer's cognitive? 820 00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:31,240 Decline. But do you think poor memory is 821 00:40:31,240 --> 00:40:36,600 an inevitable part of aging, or just the same term of neglect? 822 00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:39,240 Or exercise? Brain Exercising. 823 00:40:41,720 --> 00:40:44,240 I think you're leaving out one very important part, which is 824 00:40:44,240 --> 00:40:46,440 health. Your brain is an organ. 825 00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:50,920 So if you don't have good diet and exercise, then then you're 826 00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:53,600 not going to have as a healthy memory. 827 00:40:53,720 --> 00:40:57,560 What we know now is so, so it's a complex answer basically. 828 00:40:57,560 --> 00:41:01,400 So yes, absolutely. If we learn new things at almost 829 00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:04,680 any age, our memory gets stronger and can, can bounce 830 00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:07,080 back. If we start training our brain 831 00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:09,240 when we're younger, it builds up what's called a cognitive 832 00:41:09,240 --> 00:41:12,360 reserve, which gives us a resistance to dementia and 833 00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:14,880 lowers those statistics as well. So all brain training is 834 00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:18,280 absolutely fascinating and effective, but I think it's half 835 00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:20,480 the story. The other half, if you're really 836 00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:22,400 worried about losing your memory, is also a health issue. 837 00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:24,360 And this doesn't, this doesn't help me. 838 00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:27,360 I don't, I don't have any books on dieting or anything, but I'm 839 00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:32,800 telling you that like your brain takes 25 to 30% of all your 840 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:35,240 oxygen. It takes almost as much of most 841 00:41:35,240 --> 00:41:37,160 of your nutrients, minerals, things like that. 842 00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:40,520 It's made of fat. It's a very selfish organ. 843 00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:42,400 It takes the first of everything, right. 844 00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:44,760 If you, if you start, you start to lose blood flow. 845 00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:47,360 What happens like you're, you feel light headed first, your 846 00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:50,200 arms don't get weak, right? Your legs that your, your head 847 00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:52,600 does because it's the it's the most sensitive thing. 848 00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:55,280 So, so it is true if you're overweight or if you're, if you 849 00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:57,840 have an unhealthy lifestyle in any way, it affects your brain 850 00:41:57,840 --> 00:41:59,600 first. I think that's what we're seeing 851 00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:03,760 a lot in America. There is, there's a lot to, 852 00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:07,280 there's a lot to unpack, but I am a big believer in the grain 853 00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:10,000 brain theory by a good friend of mine, Doctor Perlmutter. 854 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:13,320 It came out a while ago. But I think this the, the data, 855 00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:15,400 there's some data that contradicts it a little bit, but 856 00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:16,960 I think most of it still backs it up. 857 00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:21,120 And the idea is that if we have a diet that's high in sugar and 858 00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:25,040 grains, those are very concentrated sources of energy, 859 00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:28,160 right? And our microbiome eats that 860 00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:31,400 stuff up too. And that microbiome can mess 861 00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:35,040 with us. So the, the one good example is 862 00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:37,720 we know in everybody's microbiome, everyone's gut, 863 00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:42,840 there are, there's microbiomes in there that they convert sugar 864 00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:45,160 into a hormone that makes you hungry. 865 00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:48,600 So all the people out there who get like really powerful 866 00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:51,920 cravings and you think this is genetic or you think this is 867 00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:54,560 you, it's actually a little bacteria in your stomach that's 868 00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:58,320 controlling you. Think about that and the more 869 00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:00,960 sugar you feed it, the stronger it's going to get. 870 00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:03,880 So a sugar fast is probably one of the best things you can do. 871 00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:06,920 That means just cut out sugar and and complex carbs. 872 00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:08,840 That's the bread, anything made with flour, right? 873 00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:12,920 Do that for about a week. And and if you can't do that for 874 00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:14,480 for a week, then you've got bigger problems. 875 00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:16,280 But like you can motivate yourself to do that for a week, 876 00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:18,800 then it kills all that little microbiome and you're going to 877 00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:21,560 you're going to lose a lot of that those cravings that you 878 00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:25,000 thought were were part of you. There's so many people who think 879 00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:28,160 that they're cravings and they're the way they eat 880 00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:30,440 everything is a part of their identity, and they're so 881 00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:32,960 surprised when they realize it's actually just a little like 882 00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:36,040 parasite, this little bacteria that's controlling you. 883 00:43:37,240 --> 00:43:39,240 So a sugar fast is really important. 884 00:43:40,120 --> 00:43:43,160 The other thing is that there's a lot of evidence that shows 885 00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:48,720 that Alzheimer's might be a part of a cascade reaction to a sugar 886 00:43:48,720 --> 00:43:51,280 in the brain. So sugar goes into the blood. 887 00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:53,760 We do know that sugar goes past the blood brain barrier. 888 00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:57,560 We also know now that some small bacteria gets past the blood 889 00:43:57,560 --> 00:43:59,840 brain barrier. So if it's eating up sugar in 890 00:43:59,840 --> 00:44:03,280 your brain, it starts to grow. And what happens is this is 891 00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:05,840 getting really kind of technical, but basically there's 892 00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:10,920 the the damage that is done with Alzheimer's, the actual wounds 893 00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:15,120 to the brain are, are basically a beta amyloid, what's called a 894 00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:17,480 plaque. And it's caused by this, this 895 00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:19,880 beta amyloid substance in the brain. 896 00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:23,000 And doctors for, for a long time, scientists trying to 897 00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:25,000 figure out why is that going in the brain? 898 00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:27,760 Why is it damaging the brain? And the theory that I think 899 00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:32,640 holds the most weight is that it is a defense mechanism to, to 900 00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:36,040 kill this bacteria. It's like dropping napalm in a 901 00:44:36,040 --> 00:44:38,840 war. So the idea is that you eat a 902 00:44:38,840 --> 00:44:41,640 bunch of sugar and it doesn't matter if you're fat or not. 903 00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:43,720 Like you wouldn't, you wouldn't know it to look at somebody. 904 00:44:43,720 --> 00:44:45,600 It's, it's, it's in the brain. You know what I mean? 905 00:44:45,760 --> 00:44:48,160 Some people might be more susceptible to this and others, 906 00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:50,000 there's a lot to unpack to understand. 907 00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:53,400 But basically, if you, if you eat a bunch of sugar, this 908 00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:57,040 bacteria grows, that beta amyloid comes in to destroy it 909 00:44:57,040 --> 00:44:58,600 and it hurts the brain in the process. 910 00:44:58,600 --> 00:44:59,880 It does that over and over and over. 911 00:44:59,880 --> 00:45:03,040 And you have Alzheimer's and Alzheimer's is on the rise in 912 00:45:03,040 --> 00:45:04,360 North America. It is growing. 913 00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:07,680 It might be because of other things like toxins and things 914 00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:10,760 like that, But in North America it is huge and around the world 915 00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:13,760 it's not as much. But you don't see nearly as much 916 00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:17,120 sugar, cornstarch and flour in foods around the world. 917 00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:19,960 Like that's the one key thing. And we do know that people who 918 00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:23,000 have better diets are much less likely for Alzheimer's. 919 00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:25,360 People who train the brain regularly, much less likelihood 920 00:45:25,360 --> 00:45:27,840 for Alzheimer's and and also regular exercise. 921 00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:32,720 Regular exercise is so powerful. It's, it's on the decline now, 922 00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:36,360 but because we know now that that exercising regularly really 923 00:45:36,360 --> 00:45:39,720 doesn't burn a lot of fat. So it doesn't make you look like 924 00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:43,680 exercising regularly will make you healthier, but it doesn't, 925 00:45:43,720 --> 00:45:47,640 it's not like as we found out, as you can actually burn quite a 926 00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:49,040 few calories just sitting on the couch. 927 00:45:49,040 --> 00:45:51,280 That's the irony is that your body is burning calories all the 928 00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:54,360 time. So exercise is not burning as 929 00:45:54,360 --> 00:45:58,200 much calories as we think, but the act of exercising is making 930 00:45:58,200 --> 00:46:00,800 your whole body so much healthier and so much stronger. 931 00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:04,320 You're basically, it's a, it's a fountain of youth pill and, and 932 00:46:04,320 --> 00:46:08,320 you're younger as you get older. Absolutely. 933 00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:10,520 Like I might even surprise you about how old I am. 934 00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:12,760 Wow, how old? How? 935 00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:16,200 Old do you think I am? You guess, yeah. 936 00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:18,080 Don't look at my bio, don't look online. 937 00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:25,400 OK, I'll say 50. 50 yeah, you're right. 938 00:46:25,400 --> 00:46:27,240 Well, I'm 51 now, but, but yeah, you're right. 939 00:46:27,240 --> 00:46:28,920 No, most people judge in the 40s. 940 00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:32,320 So now I, I feel bad. I got it. 941 00:46:32,840 --> 00:46:35,880 I kind of primed you for that. You you knew, you knew I was 942 00:46:35,880 --> 00:46:39,280 testing you and everything. So you were probably, you know, 943 00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:42,560 you're probably set up. But, but like I, I'm in the best 944 00:46:42,560 --> 00:46:45,280 shape of my life and I'm, you know, very energetic and, and, 945 00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:48,520 and everything because I, you know, take care of myself. 946 00:46:48,520 --> 00:46:50,080 So if you take care of your body, you take care of your 947 00:46:50,080 --> 00:46:53,920 brain, it'll take care of you until we. 948 00:46:56,400 --> 00:47:00,520 Hey, so let's talk about the application to leaders and 949 00:47:00,520 --> 00:47:03,000 founders. Of course, the audience of this 950 00:47:03,040 --> 00:47:08,160 broadcast is predominantly composed of entrepreneurs, 951 00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:13,880 founders, executives, creatives, professionals under constant 952 00:47:13,880 --> 00:47:19,080 cognitive workload. So if you're coaching ACEO or AC 953 00:47:19,160 --> 00:47:23,360 suite executive with intense pressure and limited time, what 954 00:47:23,360 --> 00:47:26,160 habits you know would you prioritize for them first? 955 00:47:28,080 --> 00:47:31,760 Well the first thing I think is mindfulness to get your head on 956 00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:35,720 straight 1st, and this is from my experience, start the day 957 00:47:36,040 --> 00:47:38,560 with some time to yourself. So start the day early. 958 00:47:38,840 --> 00:47:40,960 Too many people start and they're rushing and they jump 959 00:47:40,960 --> 00:47:44,360 right into the problems and if their mindset is not right, they 960 00:47:44,360 --> 00:47:46,760 can make a lot of mistakes. And myself included, I've made 961 00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:48,640 mistakes. When I try to rush into that, 962 00:47:48,640 --> 00:47:50,760 usually when I start the day with a little meditation or a 963 00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:54,520 little time to myself, I have a much better day because you you 964 00:47:54,520 --> 00:47:58,000 get on the right track. The other thing I would say is 965 00:47:58,040 --> 00:48:00,520 you want to focus on productivity, actually getting 966 00:48:00,520 --> 00:48:03,640 things done. There's a lot of busy work that 967 00:48:03,640 --> 00:48:06,720 it's easy to fall into and it's no different from, you know, 968 00:48:06,720 --> 00:48:09,960 doom scrolling and flipping through slides and stuff or 969 00:48:10,040 --> 00:48:13,120 reels and stuff because you're craving stimulation. 970 00:48:13,120 --> 00:48:15,520 And sometimes stimulation feels like you're getting something 971 00:48:15,520 --> 00:48:19,800 done. But if you focus on tasks, you 972 00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:23,200 know, the amount of tasks that you have to do, then, then you 973 00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:24,960 can chip away at them and get them done. 974 00:48:25,200 --> 00:48:27,840 One of the things that has made me very productive is that when 975 00:48:27,840 --> 00:48:32,400 I follow it is when I use the focus burst technique, I also 976 00:48:32,400 --> 00:48:34,600 map out those techniques. We call it blueprinting. 977 00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:38,160 So you find out like when I was writing my my book, for example, 978 00:48:38,160 --> 00:48:39,560 right? Like this is there's a big book 979 00:48:39,560 --> 00:48:41,520 for a, for an ADD person to write, right? 980 00:48:41,800 --> 00:48:43,360 So, but it's made-up of chapters. 981 00:48:43,360 --> 00:48:45,400 Each of those chapters is made-up of concepts. 982 00:48:45,720 --> 00:48:49,280 So what I would do is I would do a focus burst on each one of the 983 00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:52,920 concepts and then do a focus burst on editing and everything. 984 00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:56,480 So I could map out exactly how many little chunks of five to 985 00:48:56,480 --> 00:48:59,720 seven minutes I would need. And then it was just a matter 986 00:48:59,720 --> 00:49:02,280 of, well, what do I do? Well, I have these chunks that I 987 00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:05,680 have to do. And what you want to do is get 988 00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:09,760 rid of the friction of having to make decisions and just have it 989 00:49:09,760 --> 00:49:11,880 all laid out in front of you know exactly what you have to 990 00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:14,440 do. You don't have to to think and 991 00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:17,160 plan and everything. Too many times we spend so much 992 00:49:17,360 --> 00:49:19,760 effort every morning as entrepreneurs because there's so 993 00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:23,640 much overwhelm and, and we're, we're trying to decide how our 994 00:49:23,640 --> 00:49:26,320 day is going to be. If you can map all that stuff 995 00:49:26,320 --> 00:49:29,360 out ahead of time and then just follow the plan, it helps your 996 00:49:29,600 --> 00:49:31,920 executive brain functions. Just relax a little bit. 997 00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:34,440 You don't have to have to be on the ball all the time. 998 00:49:34,440 --> 00:49:36,640 You just have to focus on what you're doing at the time and 999 00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:38,520 that way you can get more done. So that would be my my 1000 00:49:38,520 --> 00:49:40,880 suggestion. Focus on the little things. 1001 00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:43,880 Make a plan for your actual activity and and things you're 1002 00:49:43,880 --> 00:49:46,560 going to accomplish. You try to avoid a lot of the 1003 00:49:46,560 --> 00:49:48,080 busy work. You know, meetings can be 1004 00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:50,560 shorter, sometimes it can be a text, things like that. 1005 00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:52,680 And yeah. And and also starting the day 1006 00:49:52,680 --> 00:49:55,640 with some mindfulness and to clear your head that gives you a 1007 00:49:55,640 --> 00:49:56,920 better chance to fight the fight. 1008 00:49:58,240 --> 00:50:00,640 I love that sounds like stuff that I do. 1009 00:50:01,400 --> 00:50:05,320 So I I love to say this, that activity doesn't necessarily 1010 00:50:05,320 --> 00:50:09,000 generate productivity. And I hope you resonate with 1011 00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:12,160 that. And yeah, let's talk about the. 1012 00:50:15,440 --> 00:50:17,200 I agree with you. I agree with you. 1013 00:50:18,200 --> 00:50:20,760 You know, it takes a lot of discipline that people don't 1014 00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:25,200 see, you know, this discipline behind the results for yourself. 1015 00:50:25,200 --> 00:50:30,800 People see Gina's world record for myself, people see global 1016 00:50:30,800 --> 00:50:34,440 top 2%, right? Being in the top 2% in the world 1017 00:50:34,440 --> 00:50:37,640 at anything at all is is an uphill. 1018 00:50:38,120 --> 00:50:41,160 Task. But they don't see the training 1019 00:50:41,280 --> 00:50:44,320 that comes behind it. So what does cognitive 1020 00:50:44,640 --> 00:50:46,520 discipline look like behind the scenes? 1021 00:50:46,520 --> 00:50:49,080 And what does consistency look like in real life? 1022 00:50:51,680 --> 00:50:54,360 Our consistency is tough for everybody to get much less than 1023 00:50:54,360 --> 00:50:57,080 ADD person like me. So it's, it's always a goal, not 1024 00:50:57,080 --> 00:51:00,520 always a destination for sure. And I think, you know, don't be 1025 00:51:00,520 --> 00:51:02,960 so hard on yourself. If you're not doing everything 1026 00:51:02,960 --> 00:51:06,560 perfect, then you're, you're in here with the rest of us, most 1027 00:51:06,560 --> 00:51:08,440 people. I, I think that's, that's one of 1028 00:51:08,440 --> 00:51:12,680 the things there's also, there's also a philosophy that you can't 1029 00:51:12,680 --> 00:51:14,600 do everything. You can't be good at everything, 1030 00:51:14,600 --> 00:51:16,240 right? Like, you know, you look online 1031 00:51:16,240 --> 00:51:19,320 with content and there's people who are like, you know, they 1032 00:51:19,320 --> 00:51:22,240 have to start the day with their meditation and then their 1033 00:51:22,240 --> 00:51:25,840 special green smoothie and then they have to do a jog and then 1034 00:51:25,840 --> 00:51:28,200 they do the, their daily affirmations. 1035 00:51:28,200 --> 00:51:29,600 And of course you have to journal. 1036 00:51:29,600 --> 00:51:32,280 And by the time you get all that stuff done, have you gotten any 1037 00:51:32,280 --> 00:51:36,240 work done? So, so something has to give. 1038 00:51:36,520 --> 00:51:38,560 So it, it, it does have to be fluid. 1039 00:51:38,560 --> 00:51:40,520 If you're working on a project and you got a deadline, you 1040 00:51:40,520 --> 00:51:42,360 can't always, you know, go to the gym and work out. 1041 00:51:42,360 --> 00:51:45,000 Sometimes you got to, you got to sacrifice some of those things. 1042 00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:48,560 So don't be so hard on yourself and don't hold yourself to an 1043 00:51:48,560 --> 00:51:51,120 impossible standard where you have to do these things always 1044 00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:53,040 perfectly. It's just allow yourself to, you 1045 00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:56,080 know, have a couple of bad days and then get back to it and, and 1046 00:51:56,080 --> 00:51:58,000 get rid of the guilt. I'd say that that would be my 1047 00:51:58,000 --> 00:52:00,840 biggest, biggest advice that I want to give to my younger self. 1048 00:52:02,800 --> 00:52:05,640 We go with the flow, right? With the tide, like a sleeve to 1049 00:52:05,640 --> 00:52:10,360 the wave, you know? Yeah, well. 1050 00:52:10,600 --> 00:52:15,800 So let's talk about legacy. When it's all said and done, 1051 00:52:16,920 --> 00:52:20,360 where do you want your work, you know, to be? 1052 00:52:20,360 --> 00:52:26,200 And how do you want your body of work to be viewed in ten, 20-30 1053 00:52:26,200 --> 00:52:30,040 years from now? And what do you want to be true? 1054 00:52:31,520 --> 00:52:35,080 I don't know, I mean, I, I do take pride in, in what I've done 1055 00:52:35,080 --> 00:52:37,800 and, and the people I've helped. And I want to, you know, reboot 1056 00:52:37,800 --> 00:52:40,240 the, the memory business so I can help even more people now, 1057 00:52:40,600 --> 00:52:43,080 now that we've got organized and, and gotten some really good 1058 00:52:43,080 --> 00:52:46,720 content for people, but I don't really know how I want it to be 1059 00:52:46,720 --> 00:52:48,840 viewed. I kind of want that to be up to, 1060 00:52:48,960 --> 00:52:51,680 to others. I, I do it because of the 1061 00:52:51,680 --> 00:52:55,040 passion that I want to do it. It's like giving birth to me. 1062 00:52:55,040 --> 00:52:58,440 I, I want to have it come out of, of my mind and, and, and, 1063 00:52:58,440 --> 00:53:01,920 and exist in the world and be as good as I can make it and flaws 1064 00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:05,640 and all the best I can, I can come up with at the time and how 1065 00:53:05,640 --> 00:53:08,840 other people see it 100 years ago, 100 years from now or 10 1066 00:53:08,840 --> 00:53:11,360 years from now or something. I I think I could care less. 1067 00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:17,320 Perspective of a perception. I'm, I'm just, I'm not doing it 1068 00:53:17,320 --> 00:53:18,440 for them. I'm not doing it for 1069 00:53:18,440 --> 00:53:19,560 authenticity. I'm not doing it. 1070 00:53:19,560 --> 00:53:23,840 For for ego or something, I'm doing it because I, I feel like 1071 00:53:23,840 --> 00:53:25,400 it has to be. Have you ever heard of like, I 1072 00:53:28,440 --> 00:53:31,760 think it's Dharma, the, the Indian principle of Dharma, the, 1073 00:53:31,760 --> 00:53:33,360 the Hindu, Hindu principle of Dharma. 1074 00:53:33,880 --> 00:53:37,120 It it's, I'm going to butcher this and anybody who's Hindu, 1075 00:53:37,120 --> 00:53:39,360 please feel free to, to destroy me in the comments. 1076 00:53:39,360 --> 00:53:45,360 But essentially the way I was taught it is that your destiny 1077 00:53:45,360 --> 00:53:49,800 is a mixture of your talent and where you happen to be. 1078 00:53:49,920 --> 00:53:53,000 So if I'm on a boat and someone's drowning and I have a 1079 00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:55,720 life preserver, my destiny is to throw that life preserver, 1080 00:53:56,120 --> 00:53:59,080 right? That that doesn't mean that God 1081 00:53:59,080 --> 00:54:02,680 handed down this, this belief to me and oh, it is my time to do 1082 00:54:02,760 --> 00:54:04,880 that doesn't mean everything. Every destiny is like 1083 00:54:04,880 --> 00:54:07,480 predestined it. It's a little bit of where you 1084 00:54:07,480 --> 00:54:10,480 happen to be and how you can best contribute to the world. 1085 00:54:10,480 --> 00:54:12,520 So I never intended to be a memory guy. 1086 00:54:12,520 --> 00:54:15,880 I actually had a very bad memory that I never would have thought 1087 00:54:15,880 --> 00:54:18,280 I'd be the guy, right? Even to this day, I don't know 1088 00:54:18,280 --> 00:54:21,800 if it feels like me, but I knew I could help a lot of people. 1089 00:54:22,160 --> 00:54:24,120 I knew I could contribute something that would have some 1090 00:54:24,120 --> 00:54:26,400 real value and I could make money at it, obviously, and turn 1091 00:54:26,400 --> 00:54:28,840 it into a business and, and that was enough for me. 1092 00:54:28,880 --> 00:54:33,920 So I feel like I have to follow what is that destiny, that 1093 00:54:33,920 --> 00:54:37,760 Dharma and I, I, when once you start getting into a, how will 1094 00:54:37,760 --> 00:54:40,760 people see it in the future? And what's my legacy is, I don't 1095 00:54:40,760 --> 00:54:42,200 know. I, I, I used to think a lot 1096 00:54:42,200 --> 00:54:44,440 about that. And I mean, my legacy might be 1097 00:54:44,560 --> 00:54:46,680 my son looks like he's going to have a good life because of 1098 00:54:46,680 --> 00:54:48,960 decisions that I've made and I'm happy and proud about that. 1099 00:54:50,080 --> 00:54:52,840 I, I hope my employees and some people I work with are going to 1100 00:54:52,840 --> 00:54:54,920 be well off because of what I've done. 1101 00:54:54,920 --> 00:54:57,480 I hope a few of the things that I build we're still going to be 1102 00:54:57,480 --> 00:55:01,000 around after I'm gone, but I'm not sure how if I care. 1103 00:55:01,000 --> 00:55:03,840 I don't sure if I care so much about people's opinions today of 1104 00:55:03,840 --> 00:55:07,680 my legacy, much less 10/20 a hundred years from now. 1105 00:55:09,040 --> 00:55:11,440 Interesting stuff. You know, Speaking of helping 1106 00:55:11,440 --> 00:55:18,600 people, I know your website isdavefaro.com, that is DAVEFA 1107 00:55:18,600 --> 00:55:23,960 Double ROW, that is DA or what's V again? 1108 00:55:23,960 --> 00:55:29,360 I forgot it. We didn't need that Fox Alpha. 1109 00:55:29,440 --> 00:55:32,440 What's R? We've got to my knee to off of 1110 00:55:32,440 --> 00:55:34,000 it. You're doing great. 1111 00:55:34,720 --> 00:55:35,800 You're doing great. I'll call. 1112 00:55:39,240 --> 00:55:41,040 I'll call it Reaver. Reaver also. 1113 00:55:41,360 --> 00:55:44,720 Whiskey. What I would, what I would. 1114 00:55:44,720 --> 00:55:47,200 If people want courses and stuff, I actually suggest they 1115 00:55:47,200 --> 00:55:52,120 get my book Brain Hacker and also go to brainhackers.com. 1116 00:55:52,120 --> 00:55:56,800 Brain Hacker with an s.com and on there's a number of courses. 1117 00:55:56,800 --> 00:55:58,520 You see a banner at the top. You can click that. 1118 00:55:58,520 --> 00:56:01,520 If you want to take my memory immersion course, it's only $50 1119 00:56:01,720 --> 00:56:04,200 and in 30 days it'll transform your memory. 1120 00:56:04,680 --> 00:56:08,800 And also on there, there's a little over 150 of my friends 1121 00:56:08,800 --> 00:56:12,120 who are experts in their own right who have contributed brain 1122 00:56:12,120 --> 00:56:15,440 hacks to that site. It's a, it's a online magazine 1123 00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:19,160 that I am the editor of and it's some really good stuff. 1124 00:56:19,480 --> 00:56:23,680 So go to bring hackers.com and pick up Brain Hacker today and 1125 00:56:23,720 --> 00:56:26,240 take the Brain Hacker memory immersion program. 1126 00:56:26,240 --> 00:56:28,320 And that's probably the best way to to find it. 1127 00:56:28,960 --> 00:56:30,960 And, and if people are interested in having me speak to 1128 00:56:30,960 --> 00:56:33,480 their audience or something like that, then yeah, Dave farrow.com 1129 00:56:33,480 --> 00:56:36,880 is the way to get a hold. Of let's go, let's go. 1130 00:56:37,160 --> 00:56:41,520 So let's end this with a bang. 5 quick fire round questions for 1131 00:56:41,520 --> 00:56:43,760 you. Are you ready to rumble? 1132 00:56:43,960 --> 00:56:50,680 OK, so number one, what is 1 believe that reshaped your life? 1133 00:56:52,280 --> 00:56:53,840 So that it's not what you're born with, it's what you do with 1134 00:56:53,840 --> 00:56:56,200 it. I love that. 1135 00:56:56,720 --> 00:56:59,600 What is 1 daily brain habits you never skip? 1136 00:57:01,040 --> 00:57:04,400 Well I I hope I never skip it but there's bad times in my life 1137 00:57:04,400 --> 00:57:06,280 where I did unfortunately and I saw the results. 1138 00:57:06,280 --> 00:57:08,800 It's meditation. If you start the day or end the 1139 00:57:08,800 --> 00:57:12,840 day with clearing your mind, it has huge knock on effects to 1140 00:57:12,840 --> 00:57:14,680 everything else in your life. No matter what you're going 1141 00:57:14,680 --> 00:57:16,080 through, take some time for yourself. 1142 00:57:17,040 --> 00:57:19,640 Meditation is absolutely absolutely amazing. 1143 00:57:19,720 --> 00:57:23,920 What is 1 Food people should stop eating for better cognitive 1144 00:57:24,160 --> 00:57:29,720 or memory? Yeah, I gotta say, sugar is the 1145 00:57:29,720 --> 00:57:32,480 killer. I used to think in moderation 1146 00:57:32,480 --> 00:57:37,560 was OK, but I did some brain hacks to train my brain to not 1147 00:57:37,560 --> 00:57:40,120 crave sugar as much and it transformed my life. 1148 00:57:40,160 --> 00:57:43,400 I I stopped eating chocolates and the sneak the sweets and 1149 00:57:43,400 --> 00:57:45,240 little things that you sneak in here and there. 1150 00:57:45,640 --> 00:57:48,480 I lost weight, I'm healthier, I'm waking up earlier. 1151 00:57:48,920 --> 00:57:52,120 I'm not as Moody even like emotions are more stable. 1152 00:57:52,480 --> 00:57:55,280 Sugar is just, it's not natural for the human body. 1153 00:57:55,280 --> 00:57:57,480 We, we love it. It's tasty, you know, it maybe 1154 00:57:57,520 --> 00:57:59,440 we, we want to think it's good for us like alcohol or 1155 00:57:59,440 --> 00:58:02,320 something, but it's really not. There's no, there's, there's no 1156 00:58:02,320 --> 00:58:04,080 vitamins in there. There's nothing good for it. 1157 00:58:04,160 --> 00:58:06,320 And so just try cutting it out for a little while and see how 1158 00:58:06,320 --> 00:58:08,640 you feel if, if you're dealing with any sort of health 1159 00:58:08,640 --> 00:58:11,080 problems. I think everybody wants to say, 1160 00:58:11,080 --> 00:58:13,680 Oh, it's like what's in the water or it's what's in our 1161 00:58:13,680 --> 00:58:16,320 medicine or it's this or that, any of these complex thing. 1162 00:58:16,320 --> 00:58:19,600 And what if it's just the most common thing that tastes good 1163 00:58:19,640 --> 00:58:22,120 that we just can't avoid? Cut that out and see what 1164 00:58:22,120 --> 00:58:24,360 happens because it's transformational in my 1165 00:58:24,360 --> 00:58:29,480 experience. So what is 1 mistake you would 1166 00:58:29,480 --> 00:58:36,280 say made you stronger? A mistake I had was that when 1167 00:58:36,280 --> 00:58:40,600 my, when, when my brain started like I, I had some memory loss 1168 00:58:40,600 --> 00:58:43,600 and decline after COVID, I didn't notice it and other 1169 00:58:43,600 --> 00:58:46,280 people tried to tell me and I, I was in denial. 1170 00:58:46,280 --> 00:58:47,960 I think about it. And so it took a long time 1171 00:58:47,960 --> 00:58:51,360 before I, I tried to do the exercises to get my brain back. 1172 00:58:51,960 --> 00:58:54,280 And I wish I wouldn't have wish I wouldn't have done that. 1173 00:58:54,280 --> 00:58:58,320 I wish I would have focused more on on doing, practicing what I 1174 00:58:58,320 --> 00:59:00,120 preach there. There was a period of time, I'll 1175 00:59:00,120 --> 00:59:02,160 be honest with that. I, I stopped doing memory 1176 00:59:02,160 --> 00:59:03,960 techniques for a while because I was just stressed and I was 1177 00:59:03,960 --> 00:59:05,600 working on my business. And you know how it is, you 1178 00:59:05,600 --> 00:59:07,880 just, you just you don't pick up the weights for a while. 1179 00:59:07,880 --> 00:59:09,600 Just let everything go back to me, right? 1180 00:59:09,920 --> 00:59:14,560 And that, yeah, well, it was in the middle of a divorce and all 1181 00:59:14,560 --> 00:59:16,960 that stuff, too. So good. 1182 00:59:16,960 --> 00:59:18,560 Two years where I wasn't training my brain. 1183 00:59:18,560 --> 00:59:20,560 And now I see the results afterwards. 1184 00:59:20,560 --> 00:59:22,800 And now that I'm getting back into it, it's like, oh, I wish I 1185 00:59:22,800 --> 00:59:25,440 would have done this earlier. So it starts with the mindset. 1186 00:59:25,440 --> 00:59:28,240 It starts with that focus. You are in charge if it goes 1187 00:59:28,240 --> 00:59:30,480 through your head, don't let anybody tell you otherwise. 1188 00:59:30,480 --> 00:59:33,520 Certainly things can influence, advertisers influence, you know 1189 00:59:33,520 --> 00:59:36,200 loved one influence. But you are ultimately the the 1190 00:59:36,200 --> 00:59:39,920 guardian of the palace of your mind, so choose wisely. 1191 00:59:41,400 --> 00:59:43,200 Interesting. Use it or use it. 1192 00:59:43,280 --> 00:59:45,040 Mindset, skill sets and tool sets. 1193 00:59:45,440 --> 00:59:48,520 So the final one. Oh, yeah, and it surprised me 1194 00:59:48,520 --> 00:59:53,960 how quickly you can lose it. Yeah. 1195 00:59:53,960 --> 00:59:56,280 And, and I was always the guy who was always learning 1196 00:59:56,280 --> 00:59:58,040 something. So I took it for granted. 1197 00:59:58,240 --> 01:00:01,600 And and yeah, a good year. Then went into two years where I 1198 01:00:01,600 --> 01:00:03,400 wasn't really doing memory techniques, wasn't really 1199 01:00:03,400 --> 01:00:05,280 training my brain. And then all of a sudden I'm 1200 01:00:05,280 --> 01:00:07,120 sluggish. But it's not all of a sudden. 1201 01:00:07,120 --> 01:00:09,400 It was gradual, right? Other people noticed it and I 1202 01:00:09,400 --> 01:00:12,760 didn't, but it was, it was, you know, I'm absent minded and 1203 01:00:12,760 --> 01:00:15,680 stressed and all that stuff. And it's amazing how quickly you 1204 01:00:15,680 --> 01:00:18,600 can lose it, but you can gain it back even faster. 1205 01:00:18,640 --> 01:00:22,360 You just have to decide to. Yeah, you just need to train. 1206 01:00:22,760 --> 01:00:27,320 And if you were to describe legacy in one sentence, what 1207 01:00:27,320 --> 01:00:31,680 would that sentence be? I would have to say figure out 1208 01:00:31,680 --> 01:00:33,680 who you are and do it on purpose. 1209 01:00:33,920 --> 01:00:37,520 Don't be an accident. Absolutely. 1210 01:00:37,520 --> 01:00:39,200 I can't take credit for that phrase. 1211 01:00:39,200 --> 01:00:41,560 That was that was a line from my favorite philosopher in the 1212 01:00:41,560 --> 01:00:42,640 world. You're wondering who my favorite 1213 01:00:42,640 --> 01:00:46,280 philosopher in the world is. I want to know because I am a 1214 01:00:46,280 --> 01:00:51,680 modern day business philosopher. All right, my favorite 1215 01:00:51,680 --> 01:00:54,920 philosopher is Dolly Parton. She has said some of the most 1216 01:00:54,920 --> 01:00:57,320 wise things. Just look at her interviews. 1217 01:00:58,920 --> 01:01:03,040 Yeah, she's a brilliant. I will always love you, yeah. 1218 01:01:05,160 --> 01:01:07,040 Whoa, I love Doctor Bart. She's brilliant. 1219 01:01:07,040 --> 01:01:09,080 And yeah, she said figure out who you are and do it on 1220 01:01:09,080 --> 01:01:11,240 purpose. And it was just like, holy crap, 1221 01:01:11,240 --> 01:01:13,840 that that sums up life. Don't do it by accident. 1222 01:01:13,840 --> 01:01:15,360 Don't do what other people want you to do. 1223 01:01:15,360 --> 01:01:18,040 Just figure out who you are and don't listen to anybody else and 1224 01:01:18,040 --> 01:01:20,160 just do it. Just be it and and whatever 1225 01:01:20,520 --> 01:01:24,040 whatever aligns with that will come along for the ride and 1226 01:01:24,040 --> 01:01:26,120 whatever doesn't align then they weren't meant to be with you. 1227 01:01:27,480 --> 01:01:29,960 You know, I love to say be yourself because every other 1228 01:01:29,960 --> 01:01:31,800 person is taken. Wow. 1229 01:01:32,400 --> 01:01:36,640 So it's time to say goodbye, but I need to give you flowers, 1230 01:01:36,840 --> 01:01:40,320 Dave. This has been our amazing, 1231 01:01:40,800 --> 01:01:44,320 amazing episode and of course, it's been grounded and TP 1232 01:01:44,320 --> 01:01:47,120 valuable. So thank you very much for the 1233 01:01:47,120 --> 01:01:49,480 work you do and the discipline you represent. 1234 01:01:49,920 --> 01:01:54,520 I always love to say something that gratitude is good attitude 1235 01:01:54,520 --> 01:01:56,840 and when a person shares their time with you to share their 1236 01:01:56,840 --> 01:02:00,720 life with you because the SI you know for measuring life is time. 1237 01:02:00,720 --> 01:02:04,600 So Champions, this episode is not for passive listeners. 1238 01:02:05,000 --> 01:02:07,960 This is for people ready to train their mind like your 1239 01:02:07,960 --> 01:02:10,600 future depends on it because it actually does. 1240 01:02:10,960 --> 01:02:14,160 So from me to you, it's love and respect. 1241 01:02:14,160 --> 01:02:16,840 And of course, to the audience, always go for something in your 1242 01:02:16,840 --> 01:02:22,000 life, conceive, believe, strive to thrive and achieve. 1243 01:02:22,680 --> 01:02:24,960 For me, it's goodbye. And of course from Dave it's 1244 01:02:24,960 --> 01:02:26,400 goodbye. And do you want to leave a shout 1245 01:02:26,400 --> 01:02:29,960 out to anyone before you leave? I want to thank everybody out 1246 01:02:29,960 --> 01:02:31,960 there and I just wanted everyone to know that you're all brain 1247 01:02:31,960 --> 01:02:34,240 hackers. The minute you decide to take 1248 01:02:34,240 --> 01:02:36,600 control of the thoughts in your head, you're hacking your brain 1249 01:02:36,600 --> 01:02:38,800 and you're in charge. And that's that's the most 1250 01:02:38,800 --> 01:02:41,080 important thing you can do and anybody can do it. 1251 01:02:42,720 --> 01:02:45,400 Wow, stay in chat guys, it's goodbye from us.