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The Optimal Performance Guide

By: Rory Cordial
  • Summary

  • Conversations with high level humans in order to provide clear guidance to the mindset and habits required for optimal performance. Welcome and thank you for listening!
    2020 The Optimal Performance Guide
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Episodes
  • David Spiegel- The powerful tool of self hypnosis
    Mar 24 2021

    Dr. David Spiegel is Willson Professor and Associate Chair of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Director of the Center on Stress and Health, and Medical Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he has been a member of the academic faculty since 1975, and was Chair of the Stanford University Faculty Senate from 2010-2011. Dr. Spiegel has more than 40 years of clinical and research experience studying psycho-oncology, stress and health, pain control, psychoneuroendocrinology, sleep, hypnosis, and conducting randomized clinical trials involving psychotherapy for cancer patients. He has published thirteen books, 404 scientific journal articles, and 170 book chapters on hypnosis, psychosocial oncology, stress physiology, trauma, and psychotherapy. His research has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute on Aging, the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Fetzer Institute, the Dana Foundation for Brain Sciences, and the Nathan S. Cummings Foundation. He was a member of the work groups on stressor and trauma-related disorders for the DSM-IV and DSM-5 editions of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. He is Past President of the American College of Psychiatrists and the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, and is a Member of the National Academy of Medicine.


    Research publications:

    https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tpy76ewAAAAJ&hl=en

    https://profiles.stanford.edu/david-spiegel?tab=publications

    App- Reveri Health

    https://reverihealth.com/about

    https://apps.apple.com/us/app/reveri/id1547020650

    Book- Trance and Treatment

    https://www.amazon.com/Trance-Treatment-Clinical-Uses-Hypnosis-dp-1585621900/dp/1585621900/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=

     

    4:20 Philosophy major before med school. “What’s fundamental to the way we think?”

    6:20 Lessons from the Dalai Lama

    10:00 Emotions- child vs adult

    13:00 Hypnosis- western equivalent to mindfulness in many ways

    14:40 Difference between mindfulness and hypnosis

    15:50 fMRI results with hypnosis and mindfulness

    20:00 3 stages of hypnosis

    23:35 Reveri hypnosis app

    29:00 Self-hypnosis

    32:15 Modulate pain with hypnosis

    38:00 Athletes control domain of awareness

    42:30 Stanford women’s swim team

    45:30 Inverse functionality in the brain

    47:50 Hypnosis to quit smoking and addiction

    52:00 Habit change and hypnosis

    59:45 Unconscious/subconscious

    1:02:00 Child mind

    1:05:40 L frontal theta dominant in hypnosis

    1:10:30 ACL tear rehab

    1:11:24 PTSD/trauma treatment

    1:15:00 Finding a hypnosis expert

    1:18:25 Learning more about hypnosis

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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • James Blake- The road to mastery- paved with discipline and hard work
    Dec 18 2020

    Ok guys today we sit down with my good friend James Blake.

    James is a former professional tennis player with a career high ranking of 4 in the world.

    I’m excited for you to meet James because he is one of my favorite people on this planet.

    In this episode we explore the concept of mastery.  James shares his own journey to mastery in the sport of tennis and the extreme level of commitment and discipline required to get there.

    This hour flew by for me.  I was left inspired by James strong passion to be great as well as his gratitude and perspective on life.

    I hope you find this episode inspiring and enjoyable.  Thanks as always for listening and the support!

    Find James…

    Website

    https://jamesblaketennis.com/

    Twitter

    https://twitter.com/jrblake?lang=en

    Wiki page

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Blake_(tennis)

     

    Donate to his foundation supporting cancer research...

    https://jamesblaketennis.com/foundation

     

    Read his books…

    Breaking back: how I lost everything and won back my life

    https://amzn.to/3p3dtXN

    Ways of grace: Stories of Activism, Adversity, and How Sports Can Bring Us Together

    https://amzn.to/3rcFGx2

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Louis Rosenberg- How "Swarm Intelligence" amplifies human potential
    Dec 10 2020

    Ok guys today we sit down with Louis Rosenberg.

    Thomas Edison, Steve Jobs….I would not be surprised for future generations to be referencing the brilliance of Louis Rosenberg in the same light.

    He is an innovator and by that I mean he sees things before they happen.  Not only does he think outside the box and see what could be…but he also makes that vision come into our physical reality.  To be able to see it…and then do it.  Talk about two simple concepts but very few ppl on the planet have done what Louis has done.

    In this conversation we get into his journey starting as a kid from Long Island, NY…how he was diagnosed with dyslexia but instead of dwelling on the difficulties of that dx he really leaned into the creative doors that it allowed his mind to open.  Which leads us into his journey West to study at Stanford where he gets his PhD… and then its an exploration of his path thus far… starting companies, creating technology, writing screen plays that have turned into films, and books….

    We talk about his latest endeavor which I personally am very excited about called Unanimous AI.  This part of the conversation begins around min 52 for anyone that likes to listen out of order.

    Unanimous AI is fascinating because Louis invented the technology to allow humans to leverage the swarm intelligence that is present in Nature.  The possibilities and potential positive contributions to humanity that will come out of this technology is really exciting.

    People are smart. We want to connect. We want to belong and contribute to something greater than ourselves in a positive way.  Louis leaned into these truths and listened to nature to build us a technology to access a collective super intelligence.  Thank you sir!

    Find Louis:

    Unanimous AI

    https://unanimous.ai/staff-item/louis-rosenberg-phd/

    Twitter

    https://twitter.com/LouisBRosenberg

    Books:

    UPGRADE: The graphic novel

    https://amzn.to/340uj1c

    Arrival Mind

    https://amzn.to/375LUHm

    Talked about in show:

    Ted Talk

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu-RyZt_Uas

    Sportspicker AI

    https://unanimous.ai/sports

    Featured case Studies:

    https://unanimous.ai/case-studies/

    Oxford Sports forecasting

    Stanford Radiologist

    Miami Heat season ticket holder perks

    Xprize

    United Nations predict food insecurity

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    1 hr and 58 mins

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