Why Your Mind Gets Weaker Every Day (And How to Fix It)

🧠 Discover the secrets to developing unshakeable mental strength that commands respect without saying a word.

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0:00 - Introduction

1:08 - Chapter 1: "Your Mind's Current Operating System"

2:25 - Chapter 2: "Fear Inoculation Protocols"

3:45 - Chapter 3: "Cognitive Armor Construction"

5:14 - Chapter 4: "Pressure Alchemy"

6:33 - Chapter 5: "Strategic Apathy Deployment"

8:08 - Chapter 6: "Decision Fatigue Immunity"

9:28 - Chapter 7: "Emotional Callusing"

10:51 - Chapter 8: "Reality Negotiation”

12:20 - Chapter 9: "Antifragile Thinking"

13:34 - Chapter 10: "Confident Projection"

💡📚 Below is a curated list of books and research papers that further explore some of the concepts discussed in this video. (some links are affiliate links, which help support my channel)

BOOKS

1/ Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

https://amzn.to/3HvSHP4

2/ Mindset by Carol D. Dweck

https://amzn.to/4kyoTjz

3/ Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink

https://amzn.to/45LsW7i

4/ The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal

https://amzn.to/3ZiY6PG

5/ Daring Greatly by Brené Brown

https://amzn.to/4kuV4jz

6/ Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

https://amzn.to/4dYLjrE

7/ Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

https://amzn.to/4n7JcGe

8/ Essentialism by Greg McKeown

https://amzn.to/3FOuyCK

9/ The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi

https://amzn.to/4jDw6gH

10/ Deep Work by Cal Newport

https://amzn.to/4jIu531

RESEARCH PAPERS

1/ Rethinking Stress: The Role of Mindsets in Determining the Stress Response by Alia J. Crum, Peter Salovey, Shawn Achor

https://sparq.stanford.edu/sites/g/files/sbiybj19021/files/media/file/crum_et_al._2013_-_rethinking_stress.pdf

Shows that adopting a “stress-is-enhancing” mindset leads to better cognitive, physiological, and behavioral outcomes under pressure.

2/ The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance by K. Anders Ericsson, Ralf Th. Krampe, Clemens Tesch-Romer

https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/blogs/freakonomics/pdf/DeliberatePractice(PsychologicalReview).pdf

Demonstrates that expert-level performance is achieved through sustained, structured practice and exposure to challenges.

3/ Changes in grey matter induced by training by Bogdan Draganski et al.

https://www.nature.com/articles/427311a

Provides neuroimaging evidence that training and learning new skills cause structural changes in the adult brain.

4/ Emotion regulation: affective, cognitive, and social consequences by James J. Gross

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12212647/

Reviews the effectiveness of different emotion regulation strategies, such as cognitive reappraisal.

5/ Seeing the Silver Lining: Cognitive Reappraisal Ability Moderates the Relationship Between Stress and Depressive Symptoms by Allison S. Troy, Iris B. Mauss, et al.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3278301/

Finds that the ability to cognitively reappraise stressful events buffers against depression.

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