After Impact: 10 Brain Hacks from the World's Highest Achievers

The video is about the top 10 brain hacks from the world's highest achievers, as discussed by the hosts of the show "After Impact".

The video is an episode of "After Impact" where the host, Tom Billiu, and his guest, Agent Smith, discuss the top 10 brain hacks from the world's highest achievers. They compiled the most actionable pieces of advice from the past 30 episodes of their show, "Impact Theory," and discuss how to apply them to tap into a growth mindset and pursue success. They also discuss the importance of transferring cloudy knowledge into explicit knowledge through writing it down, and how to balance doing what you love with doing what your goals demand.

• The hosts discuss the top 10 brain hacks from the world's highest achievers.
• These hacks are actionable pieces of advice that can help people tap into a growth mindset and pursue their dreams.
• The hacks were compiled from the last 30 episodes of Impact Theory.
• The hosts aim to discuss how these hacks can be applied in real life.
• Writing things down helps engage with the information and make it more memorable.
• Visualization is a powerful tool used by many high achievers.
• Self-talk can be changed through conscious effort and practice.
• Articulating thoughts out loud helps in understanding and teaching.
• Small moments of happiness can help in achieving bigger goals.
• Importance of adding up moments of happiness and doing the math to find alignment with goals.

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Introduction

• The hosts discuss the top 10 brain hacks from the world's highest achievers.
• These hacks are actionable pieces of advice that can help people tap into a growth mindset and pursue their dreams.
• The hacks were compiled from the last 30 episodes of Impact Theory.
• The hosts aim to discuss how these hacks can be applied in real life.

Transferring Knowledge

• The Nerd Writer suggests transferring cloudy knowledge into explicit knowledge through writing it down.
• Writing things down helps engage with the information and make it more memorable.
• The hosts discuss their own methods of transferring knowledge, with Tom preferring to create content and Agent Smith taking notes.
• Tom admits to being accused of under-communication as a leader in business.
• He used to prioritize doing things he disliked because they were necessary for his goals, but now prioritizes doing what he loves every day.

Visualization

• Visualization is a powerful tool used by many high achievers.
• It involves imagining oneself achieving a goal or performing a task successfully.
• Visualization can help build confidence and improve performance.
• Visualization can be used for both short-term and long-term goals.
• Visualization can be combined with other techniques, such as meditation or affirmations.

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Self-Talk

• Self-talk is the internal dialogue that people have with themselves.
• Positive self-talk can help build confidence and improve performance.
• Negative self-talk can be detrimental to one's mental health and success.
• Self-talk can be changed through conscious effort and practice.
• Self-talk can be used to reframe negative thoughts and beliefs.

Articulating Thoughts Out Loud

• Articulating thoughts out loud helps in understanding and teaching.
• Verbalizing helps in grasping the concept better.
• Verbalization makes the concept more real and concrete.
• Verbalizing helps in making explicit knowledge.
• Verbalizing helps in communicating back to oneself.

Using Others as a Sounding Board

• Using others as a sounding board helps in understanding and evolving.
• Communicating the vision to others helps in making it more concrete.
• Getting feedback from others helps in differentiating and doing something new.
• Getting feedback from others helps in learning something new.
• Getting feedback from others helps in articulating the concept better.

Finding Happiness in Pursuing Goals

• Checking if one is happy helps in pursuing the right goals.
• Macro gut check helps in understanding where one is in life.
• Micro moments of happiness help in finding happiness in pursuing goals.
• Drinking a hot cup of coffee or doing small things can bring happiness.
• Small moments of happiness can help in achieving bigger goals.

Dealing with Mundane Issues in Running a Business

• Mundane issues are a part of running a business.
• Dealing with mundane issues is necessary for running a successful business.
• Dealing with mundane issues can be time-consuming.
• Dealing with mundane issues can be frustrating.
• Dealing with mundane issues is a necessary evil.

Finding Alignment with Goals

• Adding up moments of happiness to see where time is spent.
• Realizing that happiness can align with goals.
• Example of consuming more pop-culture content.
• Realization of having a weekly sleepover with best friend.
• Team encouraging sharing of vision more often.

Tapping into Passion

• Passion as the Yellow Sun that makes one capable of more.
• Articulating the vision makes one feel invincible.
• Feeling in complete alignment with things that make one feel powerful and alive.
• Alignment with personal code of what one should be doing.
• Finding the happy math and what triggers happiness.

Importance of Articulating Vision

• Articulating the vision is the creative process and first love.
• Realization of returning to the base of strength.
• Friction in journey as an entrepreneur and finding passion.
• Feeling invincible when articulating the vision.
• Feeling the difference between understanding intellectually and feeling it.

Importance of Happy Math

• Importance of adding up moments of happiness.
• Figuring out what triggers happiness.
• Doing the math to find alignment with goals.
• Example of an amazing cup of coffee bringing joy.
• Example of a frozen zero calorie monster bringing joy.

Importance of Framework Happiness

• Framework happiness is the greatest joy in life.
• Framework happiness is the willingness to suffer for what you want.
• Framework happiness is the sense of identity, pride, self-respect, and joy.
• Framework happiness is the emotional well-being that is untouchable.
• Framework happiness is the sense of self that no one can damage.

The Importance of Over-Communicating

• Over-communicating is important to make people understand your vision.
• Over-communicating is important to make people gravitate towards your vision.
• Over-communicating is important to make people understand your demands.
• Over-communicating is important to make people understand your discipline.
• Over-communicating is important to make people understand your hard work.

The Importance of Pushing Yourself

• Pushing yourself is important to achieve your goals.
• Pushing yourself is important to be disciplined.
• Pushing yourself is important to be proud of yourself.
• Pushing yourself is important to have a sense of identity.
• Pushing yourself is important to have a sense of self-respect.

The Importance of Keeping a Record

• Keeping a record is important to be honest with yourself.
• Keeping a record is important to be proud of yourself.
• Keeping a record is important to optimize your time.
• Keeping a record is important to source your sense of well-being and deep personal pride.
• Not keeping a record is dangerous because it can lead to a false sense of well-being and personal pride.

Importance of Humility

• Building self-esteem around something fragile is dangerous.
• Accumulating knowledge can be tempting to reward oneself for being smart, but it's a trap.
• Rewarding oneself for being a learner is anti-fragile.
• Switching sense of self-esteem to something anti-fragile and not falling prey to the trap of pride is important.
• Humility helps in accepting ignorance and growing faster.

Personal Experience

• Panel discussion with the MOE Diaz health team and some of the brightest minds in science.
• Confidence in articulating own understanding of the state of neurological science.
• 20 years of reading books about neuroscience and knowing that he knew nothing.
• Rewarding oneself for not being afraid to look stupid and always asking questions.
• Humility helps in supercharging growth and getting better.

Anti-Fragility

• Being a learner is anti-fragile.
• The more humility one has, the faster they grow.
• Accepting ignorance and being willing to look dumb helps in getting better and better.
• Humility helps in accelerating growth.
• Positive reinforcement is important in being a learner.

Story of VS Ramachandran

• VS Ramachandran is a renowned scientist in the field of neuroscience.
• He is one of the brightest minds in science and will be remembered for his contributions.
• His essay is included in a book called "A World of Ideas" which includes the best ideas from across every subject matter.
• Humility is important in accepting that there is always more to learn.
• Being a learner helps in growing and getting better.

Favorite Brain Hacks

• The hosts discuss their favorite brain hacks from the "After Impact" show.
• Thomas's favorite hack is "What can you learn from the people you hate the most?" by Tim Ferriss.
• He also likes Naveen Jain's advice on how to become an expert in a new area by moving into areas where you're not the expert.
• Thomas believes that not letting your knowledge calcify into dogma is important to avoid stagnation.
• Studies show that most Nobel Prize winners did their work in their 20s and 30s, which suggests that disrupting yourself is crucial for success.

Building a Forever Company

• The hosts discuss Thomas's vision for his company, Impact Theory.
• Thomas wants to build a platform company that he never plans to sell or move on from.
• He believes that having a clear vision is important for success.
• Thomas thinks that not letting your knowledge calcify into dogma is important to avoid stagnation.
• He believes that most people are not capable of disrupting themselves, which is crucial for success.

Challenging Assumptions

• The hosts discuss the importance of challenging assumptions.
• They talk about how being an outsider can be an advantage because you don't take anything for granted.
• Thomas believes that challenging assumptions is crucial for success.
• He talks about how he and his team challenged every assumption when they started Quest Nutrition and came up with a whole new way of doing things.
• Thomas thinks that not letting your knowledge calcify into dogma is important to avoid stagnation.

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