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The Psychology of Billions with Wall Street Performance Coach - Denise Shull Oct 18, 2021

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There is an old saying on Wall Street that the market is driven by just three emotions: fear and greed and uncertainty. Succumbing to these three traits are the biggest challenge that most people wanting ultimate success possess.

Fear is what stops us from making the hard decisions. It’s called F.O.M.O

Greed pushes us to make the wrong decisions. At the end of the 20th century, extreme greed fueled a bubble.

Uncertainty is a lack of confidence in our decisions. Investors face an uncertain economic future fraught with danger, risk, and false optimism.
In this episode with Denise Shull, performance coach and former trader who uses neuroeconomics and modern psychoanalysis in her work with hedge funds and professional athletes.
In this insightful episode Denise and I take a helicopter view of the brain of an investor and trader paying particular attention to the decision making processs, the limiting beliefs holding them from succeeding, how they make great decisions and they protect themselves form losses. We then finish up by cleaning up the confusion around the popular TV series ‘billions’. For those who don’t know, Denise has finished a long battle against Showtime’s TV series Billions. She answers alot of the questions around the lawsuit and reveals the truth behind the battle.

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3 Powerful Ways to Increase Your Deep Sleep Oct 11, 2021

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This episode is a part II dedicated to understanding the sleep stages. If you haven’t done so yet, I urge you to listen to part I titled “2 Powerful Ways to Increase Your REM Sleep” so you get an understanding of the difference.
Despite a better understanding of the genetic, physiological and environmental factors involved in the sleep-wake regulation, many people still don’t get enough sleep—in fact, as many as one-third are not sleep enough, according to the National Sleep Foundation. One potential reason is the public’s lack of information or even misinformation about sleep. In other words, a lot of people still believe a lot of the common myths when it comes to getting a good nights sleep.
These myths aren’t supported by current scientific evidence and are likely subtracting from your sleep health.
In this episode we will cover what deep sleep is, the main processes associated with deep sleep and then we will finish off with some deep sleep blockers- that is, the things that you might be doing that are blocking your deep sleep.
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Protecting Players at All Cost Oct 04, 2021

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We have a pandemic happening in our society. I'm not talking about COVID-19, I'm talking about the way in which coaches and trainers are training athletes without being properly credentialed.
The coaching profession is ever changing. Coaches at each level of competition need to know more than just the Xs and the O's in order to be successful. As the primary individuals tasked with developing athletes from average to elite, they are challenged with not understanding how to optimise an athlete and get them to the NFL while also maintaining their health and well being for the long term.
In this podcast I interview Pratik Patel and Alan Couzens on the intersection of performance and longevity. Alan coaches endurance athletes and uses the latest in science to optimise both performance and longevity. Ptraik is the assistant coach at the New York Giants. He also serves as the director of performance, nutrition and is the assistant Strength and Conditioning coach.
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3 Powerful Ways to Increase Your REM Sleep Sep 27, 2021

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Sleep is an important part of our lives. It improves physical and mental health. Sleep happens in stages, including REM sleep and non-REM sleep.
REM (rapid eye movement) sleep is the period when people dream . REM sleep enhances learning and memory, and contributes to emotional health — in complex ways.
In this podcast you'll find out what REM sleep is, why it's important and how it's different from other stages of sleep. You will understand what blocks REM sleep and lastly we will go over simple strategies you can use to increase your REM sleep.
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Change Your Life by 1% Sep 15, 2021

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In today's episode we go over:
1. The neuroscience of decision making
2. Two crucial things you can be doing to upgrade your brain and decision making areas of your brain
3. The 1% compound effect rule I use with my athletes
4. A brief interview I did with a Wall Street Investor on his thoughts on human optimisation for risk management
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Neural Effects of Cold Immersion Aug 31, 2021

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Today I would like to focus on some of the scientific benefits and mechanisms at play regarding short bursts of cold exposure (both through cold water immersion and whole body cryotherapy) may have on the brain, the immune system and recovery.
I will cover 3 benefits of cold immersion and one myth of cold immersion so be sure to listen all the way to the end because you might be doing this one thing that could be impacting your performance negatively.
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How Hormones Control Your Performance | Athletes and Traders Aug 17, 2021

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As long as there have been sports, there have been athletes in search of an advantage. Of all the ways to get ahead and have an inch of speed on your opponent, many have turned to performance enhancing drugs. I’m sure you’ve heard about them in just about every sport in the US, some of the best baseball players of all time have been accused of doping, American football players are regularly suspended for failing drug tests, and of course Lance Armstrong famously finally came clean about blood doping in 2012 vacating his seven Tour de France victories in the process.

Some of these performance enhancing drugs have now reached the financial sector with some of the biggest financial institutions on Wall Street. These institutions are home to tired, hungry, competitive traders who all want that winning pill that will make them trade longer, faster and better.
My guest today is Dr Carrie Jones- the hormone expert.
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Mastering Your Performance Psychology Aug 10, 2021

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In this episode you will learn the performance psychology principles needed to succeed in any area of life. Performance psychology is the systematic application of psychological principles and techniques to performance, particularly when there is a time element and one must perform on demand. The psychology behind a great performance really lies in one's ability to know themselves.

I spoke with Dr. Dimitrios Tsatiris, MD who is a practicing board-certified psychiatrist specializing in the field of anxiety management. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of psychiatry at Northeast Ohio Medical University.

He studies and writes about the interface of anxiety and achievement. His popular Psychology Today blog “Anxiety in High-Achievers” is viewed by more than 20,000 readers per month.

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Discover Your Chronotype to Achieve Peak Performance Aug 03, 2021

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There is plenty of advice for how to improve your sleep. I know I have spoken extensively on the topic and I am sure you have all heard about the importance of getting a good nights sleep. But it all comes down to the same assumption that you're doing something wrong, when in fact, it may not be your fault at all. No, I am not telling you to go and spend 3 hours at your favourite werq class either!

The amount of sleep you need is individualised however the timing of when to go to bed is actually determined by your genes!

So put down the melatonin gummies and stay tuned as we engage in some talkiatry about neurobiology of a chronotype, the importance of determining our chronotype so you can train and recover at the right time. We will go into the scientific literature that explains the effectiveness of chronotypes and knowing your tchrontype then we will of course finish off with determining how to figure out your chronotype.
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How to Optimise Your Heart Rate Variability | Dan Plews PhD Jul 27, 2021

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Its been hailed as the one key biometric anyone can measure easily that gives the best all-round indicator of health and stress on the body. As more devices are able to collect high-quality Heart Rate Variability (HRV) data during the night, a few questions come up:

What data should we use as HRV score?

What is a good HRV?

Why is my HRV plummeting after a glass of wine?
How can I increase my HRV?

I have been wanting to dive deep into the HRV literature for quite some time. My community is very big on wearables such as wearing the WHOOP and our ring so they know what HRV is and they have, of course been asking me for advice on understanding HRV. I went out in search of the best person to talk to about this and came across Dan Plews an Applied Sports Scientist, Researcher and coach.
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