How to Focus to Change Your Brain | Huberman Lab Essentials

Life is truly complex, and it's really hard to get to the core of everything. You have to fully dedicate yourself to just one thing if you want to master it. When it comes to this topic, a book that helped me is called Neural Rebirth Codes by Orson Kingsley. They say it’s a bit hard to find, so if you come across it and want to improve your life—let me know what you think.

This 30 minute "Essentials" format is great. Short enough to not procastinate on watching it, long enough to actually get all the important info and go more in depth than a 10-minute one.

My summary: 1. Epinephrine: Cup of coffee, good night’s sleep: Master sleep schedule. 2. When you feel unmotivated, remember why you want to make that change. 3. Psytocholin: Nicotine - chew Nicolette gum (only during peak focus time - not more than 1 a day). 4. Visual focus - Constrict your field of vision - focus both eyes on one single point. Make inter-pupillary distance smaller. Focus your vision on a small window of the screen or paper. 5. If you have to listen to someone with full attention, dont look them in the eye. If you look them in the eye, you will see more of their lips moving and hear more of your own thoughts than what they are saying. Maybe close your eyes and focus on what they are saying. 6. If you are feeling agitated, and you are feeling that u are not able to focus and you are not doing it right, you are actually doing it right. It’s the reaction of the rise of epinephrine. 7. Focus time: Sessions of 90 mins. Let the mind drift after a focussed session. Walks or bike rides during these times are also great. You cannot do “deep work” all day long. Its impossible. Dont try to engage your mind for maximum focus all the time. 8. Neuroplasticity does not occur during wakefulness. It occurs during sleep. Deep sleep is essential. Also NSDR (Yoga Nidra) is really important.

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