UPWIRE: Hacking Human Nature

Robert Cooper, Ph.D.

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.

  • 17 minutes 10 seconds
    UPWIRE #190 - Small Rules, Big Results

    The brain loves big, complicated, later and never.  Exceptional leaders and teams choose the exact opposite: breakthroughs and rules that are small, simple, now and next.

    In this UPWIRE, we'll look at how the smallest change can make the biggest difference in your life and work.

    24 February 2017, 5:30 am
  • 17 minutes 3 seconds
    UPWIRE #189 - Skin of a Rhino, Soul of an Angel

    The brain is hard-wired to be stuck in a defensive "me-first" mode.  It despises criticism and over emphasizes every perceived slight, ultimately leading to artificial roadblocks to your (and your team's) success.

    In this podcast, we'll look at how you can UPWIRE your brain to move beyond this default flaw-finding "me-first" operating system, and create a culture of growth for yourself and others.

    10 February 2017, 5:30 am
  • 10 minutes 57 seconds
    UPWIRE #188 - Nerve

    The brain is hard-wired to shrink, not soar. But inside each of us is a quiet lifelong beckoning call which will awaken the courage to face uncertainty, grow and achieve the "impossible."

    In this episode of UPWIRE, we'll learn how to develop and deploy our inner NERVE to face change, loss and growing pains without collapsing or running away.

    27 January 2017, 5:30 am
  • 17 minutes 4 seconds
    UPWIRE #187 - In Touch

    By hard-wired human nature, the brain seeks to be out of touch.  Instead of engaging with and achieving your best possible future, the brain much prefers the comfort of mindless repetition, distraction, and awaiting the return of the "good old days."

    When you are out of touch for as little as a few days or a week, it's not a neutral state.  You are already losing clients or customers who yearn for more meaningful connection with you.

    In this episode of UPWIRE, we'll take a look at simple strategies for staying in touch with life's larger opportunities by mastering brief and frequent connections.

    13 January 2017, 5:30 am
  • 22 minutes 5 seconds
    UPWIRE #186 - Fighting the 14-Day Fade

    The brain is largely a forgetting machine, and in today's fast-paced world, it's primed to forget what matters most faster than ever!

    In this episode of UPWIRE, we'll take a look at how you can structure your schedule to make sure the goals and individuals vital to helping you create your most amazing future receive at least a few moments of your best attention.

    30 December 2016, 5:30 am
  • 17 minutes 4 seconds
    UPWIRE #185 - Scaling Momentum Now

    To the brain, momentum is not natural.  Instead, it prefers interruptions, distractions or anything gives the illusion of activity or movement: brain circuits which are firing frequently but not forwardly.

    In this podcast, we'll look at how to scale momentum and consciously align our brainpower with what matters most in our life and work.

    16 December 2016, 5:30 am
  • 20 minutes 32 seconds
    UPWIRE #184 - What’s Automatic Accelerates (Part 2)

    The brain loves to keep hundreds of top priorities actively floating around.  The problem is the goal traffic jam which inevitably results, burning valuable mental energy and leading to reduced performance.

    In part two of this podcast, we'll learn how to set 1st Priorities for the brain, and how to create automatic drivers which will keep us focused on making progress on our top goals.

    2 December 2016, 5:30 am
  • 12 minutes 58 seconds
    UPWIRE #183 - What’s Automatic Accelerates (Part 1)

    The brain is hard-wired to run from challenges (real or imaginary), while barely walking toward opportunities, no matter how amazing.

    In part one of this episode of UPWIRE, we'll learn how to implement automatic drivers which kick in at the start of every choice, action and interaction, and relentlessly and effectively prompt the brain to grow.

    18 November 2016, 5:30 am
  • 17 minutes 18 seconds
    UPWIRE #182 - Left Lane Leadership

    The brain gets hijacked by many forms of competition.  Fortunately, so does almost everyone else's brain.

    In this podcast, we'll look at how competition negatively impacts our growth, and learn some simple ways to UPWIRE our lives to move from simply competing to truly excelling.

    4 November 2016, 4:30 am
  • 8 minutes 20 seconds
    UPWIRE #181 - ”Power Of One” Passport

    By instinct, the brain waits for everyone else to change.

    If we want to UPWIRE our lives, we must lead by example, go first, test better ways forward-upward and not wait for others. 

    In this podcast, we'll look at some simple methods for hacking human nature which provide the catalyst that raises performance and drives new growth.

    21 October 2016, 4:30 am
  • 11 minutes 39 seconds
    UPWIRE #180 - What You Frame Engages

    The brain is largely lost in its own labrynth of vagueness and will choose to stay there unless you're willing to lead it out of the shadows.

    In this podcast, we'll learn the power of framing, and how connecting now with next fuels exceptional growth.

    7 October 2016, 4:30 am
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