UPWIRE®: Unlocking Your True Potential
This podcast explores the neuroscience of Hacking Human Nature to find better ways to make breakthroughs and unlock your true potential in life and work. UPWIRE® is presented by Robert Cooper, Ph.D., a neuroscientist, leadership advisor, New York Times bestselling author (with over 4 million books sold), and founder of the acclaimed 12 Leaders® program. UPWIRE® will feature stories and wisdom from Dr. Cooper, along with his latest thoughts and ideas, interviews, and newest research findings. Cooper provides compelling insights drawn from his work with elite performers and top leaders using neuroscience to get the most out of their brains, their time, and their performance.
Episodes
Wednesday Oct 21, 2015
UPWIRE #63 - Stop Doing, Start Doing
Wednesday Oct 21, 2015
Wednesday Oct 21, 2015
Do you know why you do what you do? Why you react a certain way? Do you have an active choice in everything you do?
In this episode, Robert provides insight on how we can UPWIRE our stubborn hard-wired brain tendencies in order to stop doing old habits and routines and start doing what matters most.
Wednesday Oct 21, 2015
UPWIRE #56 - Attention, Distractions and the Human Brain
Wednesday Oct 21, 2015
Wednesday Oct 21, 2015
Today's blend of noise, technology and distraction-on-demand creates a perfect playground for the brain to indulge in what it loves to do: dabble, coast, seek entertainment, wander and hide.
In this podcast, Robert explores the brain's hard-wired tendency to seek new stimuli, and how we can UPWIRE our behavior and actions to achieve what's possible.
Wednesday Oct 21, 2015
UPWIRE #51 - Good and Great are the Enemies of Possible
Wednesday Oct 21, 2015
Wednesday Oct 21, 2015
Aiming to be "good" often leads to mediocrity. Becoming "great" can potentially trap us forever in a state of perceived success. Only the ongoing drive to surpass our very best can allow us to reach what is possible.
Wednesday Oct 21, 2015
UPWIRE #34 - Capacity, Not Routine
Wednesday Oct 21, 2015
Wednesday Oct 21, 2015
By nature, the human brain is drawn toward mediocre routines and old habits, preventing us from reaching our true potential
In this podcast, Robert explores how we can reach deeper and unlock our vast untapped capacity to achieve bigger and more meaningful goals.
Wednesday Oct 21, 2015
UPWIRE #32 - Accelerated Growth is a Choice
Wednesday Oct 21, 2015
Wednesday Oct 21, 2015
Left to its own devices, the brain is hard-wired to steadily and stubbornly die on the vine instead of grow in the climb. Overcoming the brain's tendency to "play small" is possible, but we must make a conscious effort to choose and accelerate growth.
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