In this episode, I provide a list of behavioral, nutritional, and supplement-based tools you can use to improve your ability to get into a focused state to do mental or physical work. I explain science-supported strategies for transitioning into focus, maintaining focus during the work bout, and exiting the focus session, which is also critical, including decompression/defocusing tools. I explain when and how to use: binaural beats, caffeine, deliberate cold exposure, the pros and cons of working in fasted vs. fed states, and supplements and foods that enhance dopamine, epinephrine (i.e., adrenaline) and acetylcholine to promote optimal focus. Also, I explain how short behavioral practices, such as meditation and visual gaze training, will benefit your ability to focus over the long term. As deep focus is crucial to significantly improve cognitive or physical performance in any realm, this episode should be useful to anyone. By the end, you’ll have an essential toolkit of science-supported, low- to zero-cost focus and concentration strategies to select from that can be tailored to your physical and mental performance needs.
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Timestamps
00: 00: 00 Focus Toolkit
00: 04: 25 Momentous Supplements
00: 05: 38 Thesis, LMNT, Eight Sleep
00: 09: 37 The “Arrow Model” of Focus: Epinephrine, Acetylcholine & Dopamine
00: 15: 15 Modulation vs. Mediation, Importance of Sleep
00: 18: 11 Tool: Binaural Beats to Improve Concentration
00: 20: 54 Tool: White, Brown & Pink Noise, Transition to Focused State
00: 22: 55 Warm-Up for Cognitive Work, Refocusing Attention & Neuroplasticity
00: 26: 14 Tool: Ultradian Cycles: Warm-Up, Maintaining Focus & Deliberate Defocusing
00: 31: 22 How Many Daily Ultradian Cycles Can One Perform?
00: 34: 14 AG1 (Athletic Greens)
00: 35: 35 Virtusan: Mental & Physical Health Journeys
00: 36: 52 Tool: Fasted vs. Fed States & Focus, Prevent an Afternoon Crash, Ketosis
00: 45: 52 Tool: Foods to Improve Focus & Regulating Food Volume
00: 47: 53 Tool: Caffeine & Focused Work, Dopamine Efficacy, Alertness
00: 52: 55 Tool: Stress & Improved Concentration
00: 55: 46 Tool: Deliberate Cold Exposure & Focus, Dopamine & Epinephrine
01: 00: 39 Layer Focusing Tools & Design Your Own Protocols
01: 01: 19 Tool: Short Meditation & Improved Ability to Refocus
01: 07: 40 Tool: Yoga Nidra, Non-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR) & Defocus Periods
01: 12: 13 Tool: Hypnosis & Focus/Deep Relaxation States
01: 16: 07 Optimal Time of Day to Use Specific Tools
01: 16: 46 Tool: Overt Visual Focus & Deliberate Gaze
01: 20: 42 Covert Visual Focus; Deliberate Gaze Warm-Up & Focused Work
01: 24: 43 Tool: Omega-3 Essential Fatty Acids
01: 27: 28 Tool: Creatine Monohydrate
01: 29: 10 Tool: Alpha-GPC & Acetylcholine, Increased Risk of Stroke? & Garlic
01: 33: 52 Tool: L-Tyrosine Supplements & Food
01: 34: 47 Combining & Choosing Focus Tools, Variability
01: 36: 50 ADHD Prescriptions, Training Neural Circuits, Maintenance & Reduced Dosage
01: 39: 19 Tool: Optimal Order Approaching Focus Tools, Prescriptions & Dependency
01: 42: 56 Tool: Phenylethylamine & Dopamine
01: 44: 50 Tool: Other Supplements to Enhance Dopamine, Epinephrine & Acetylcholine
01: 46: 46 Behavioral, Nutrition & Supplement Tools for Focus
01: 49: 12 Zero-Cost Support, YouTube Feedback, Spotify & Apple Reviews, Momentous Supplements, AG1 (Athletic Greens), Instagram, Twitter, Neural Network Newsletter
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#ADD #ADHD #Perth
In this video psychiatrist Dr Mander explains the most common ADD / ADHD treatments.
The most common treatment for ADD and ADHD is medication. It's also worth considering counseling and coaching.
Medications work really well. Medications like stimulants release "your" dopamine. They don't add anything from the "outside".
The challenges for people with ADD include lack of focus on a task or conversation because every distraction gets in the way. Poor focus and time management, forgetfulness and emotional instability make life very difficult.
With treatment, patients relax and have more energy. The irrelevant noise and chatter in the brain is quietened. The change can be truly transformational.
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