ELITE MINDS Weekly
The minds who shape the future think differently—unlock their secrets with the Elite Minds Weekly, every Saturday.
The Neuro Audit: Why Stopping is the Only Way to Speed Up
✨ At a Glance If you keep running at your current pace for another ten years without stopping, will you end up where you want to be—or just exhausted? This week, we are looking at the neuroscience of reflection. We explore why your brain naturally resists slowing down, why the "Formula One" mindset is the key to longevity, and I share the 6-step "Neuro Audit" to help you stop repeating loops and start rewiring your brain for 2026. 🧠 The Elite Idea A fresh insight from the frontier of...
The "Martyr's Tragedy" & The Art of Healthy Selfishness
✨ At a Glance: The Post-Holiday Scan: Why high achievers often feel biologically "fried" right now. The Science: Neural regression and why you revert to old family roles. The Metaphor: Are you walking around with a "Projector" on your forehead? The Strategy: How to use "Healthy Selfishness" to save your energy for the New Year. 🧠 The Elite Idea The Martyr’s Tragedy It’s the Saturday after Christmas. I want you to do a quick body scan. Is your chest tight? Is your breath shallow? Are you...
The Uninvited Guest: How to Have an Unplugged Christmas
✨ At a Glance Here is what is inside this week's edition: The Problem: We invite our families to Christmas dinner, but we also bring an "Uninvited Guest"—our smartphone. The Science: Why "willpower" fails against the "slot machine" in your pocket (Intermittent Reinforcement). The Story: My personal battle with the Apple Watch and why I went analog. The Practice: How to use "The Phone Basket" and the "Triple Win Routine" to reclaim your attention this holiday. 🧠 The Elite Idea The Slot Machine...
The War on Focus: Why You Can’t Stop Scrolling & How to Reclaim Your Mind
✨ At a Glance Today’s newsletter exposes the invisible war being waged on your attention — and why even high achievers with powerful minds are losing.You’ll learn: Why infinite scroll is engineered to hijack your brain What 98,000+ data points reveal about short-form video and cognitive decline The alarming rise in attention problems among young adults How your Reticular Activating System (RAS) filters your entire reality The “Less is More” principle that clears mental clutter and restores...
Busy Brain ≠ Productive Brain
✨ At a GlanceWhy your mind feels “full” yet your results stay empty — and how a simple focus ritual can help you switch from busyto high-performance productive. 🧠 The Elite Idea: Your Brain Isn’t Designed to Be Busy — It’s Designed to Focus A busy brain is not a productive brain. If your days feel chaotic, reactive, and fragmented… it’s not because you’re failing.It’s because your brain is working exactly as it’s built to work — with limitations that most high achievers ignore. Here’s the...
We Are Becoming Cognitively Disabled
✨ At a Glance A major 2025 Neurology® study analyzing more than 4.5 million adults shows a dramatic rise in cognitive disability in the U.S. — especially among young adults. Today we unpack the data, what it means for your daily focus and decision-making, and how to train your brain to stay sharp in a distracted world. 🧠 The Elite Idea: Cognitive Decline Is Rising — Fast — Especially in Young Brains You’ve heard the warnings: the digital world is destroying our attention.But what’s happening...
The Weird Ritual That Made Me a Top Performer (and the Science Behind It)
✨ At a Glance Why a childhood ritual – sleeping with books under your pillow – wasn’t as silly as it might sound.How the hippocampus actually “downloads” new information during sleep.And why studying the day before is scientifically the smartest high-performance strategy. 🧠 The Elite Idea We all had little rituals as kids – but some of them were surprisingly close to neuroscience. For me, it was this:I used to put books under my pillow before every test or exam so the “knowledge” could get...
Why Working Late Fails And the Evening Brain Dump That Saves You
✨ At a Glance Understand why working late in the evening rarely leads to high-quality output – and how a simple evening brain dump can reduce stress, support better sleep, and set you up for elite performance the next day. 🧠 The Elite Idea Your brain has a built-in energy strategy, and ignoring it is one of the fastest ways to sabotage your performance. Here’s what most high achievers don’t realize: Almost all conscious, high-level thinking happens in your Prefrontal Cortex (PFC) – the part...
The Power of Presence: Mindfulness
✨ At a Glance Mindfulness isn’t a spiritual hobby, it’s a performance enhancer.It’s the ability to stay fully here, even when your mind wants to rush there.Elite thinkers use mindfulness to sharpen focus, regulate emotions, and make intentional decisions under pressure. 🧠 The Elite Idea Mindfulness is simply paying attention to the present moment: fully, consciously, without judgment.It’s not about pushing thoughts away or striving for stillness.It’s about noticing what’s happening right now:...
Train Your Brain to Think in Systems
✨ At a Glance What if success wasn’t about motivation, willpower, or inspiration, but about systems? This week’s insight explores how creating intentional systems can transform the way you work, think, and live. 🧠 The Elite Idea Everything you do can be systemized! It might sound crazy. I didn’t believe it myself until I read The Power of Systems by Steve Chandler and Trevor Timbeck (by the way, highly recommend it!). Steve Chandler writes: “Rather than dreaming of having something happen,...