Dr. Jeff Karp

It's like we have so much information coming at us from every meeting we have. And a lot of it's in our subconscious mind. We need to take time for these thoughts to swirl around our mind to process them and to kind of place them. And I found that my best thinking happens when I do that, when I'm actually pausing.

It's like we have so much information coming at us from every meeting we have. And a lot of it's in our subconscious mind. We need to take time for these thoughts to swirl around our mind to process them and to kind of place them. And I found that my best thinking happens when I do that, when I'm actually pausing.

It's like we have so much information coming at us from every meeting we have. And a lot of it's in our subconscious mind. We need to take time for these thoughts to swirl around our mind to process them and to kind of place them. And I found that my best thinking happens when I do that, when I'm actually pausing.

And there's a neuroscientist that I spoke to, actually interviewed for the book, and a musician, Molly Gerbrian is her name. And just amazing things that she said. So she said, actually, it's in the pauses is when mind turns into matter, right? So when we're learning, it's actually, our brains aren't rewiring in the moments that like, you know, so much of just, you know, engaging.

And there's a neuroscientist that I spoke to, actually interviewed for the book, and a musician, Molly Gerbrian is her name. And just amazing things that she said. So she said, actually, it's in the pauses is when mind turns into matter, right? So when we're learning, it's actually, our brains aren't rewiring in the moments that like, you know, so much of just, you know, engaging.

And there's a neuroscientist that I spoke to, actually interviewed for the book, and a musician, Molly Gerbrian is her name. And just amazing things that she said. So she said, actually, it's in the pauses is when mind turns into matter, right? So when we're learning, it's actually, our brains aren't rewiring in the moments that like, you know, so much of just, you know, engaging.

It's actually when we pause, that's when the circuitry is really changing and the remodeling is occurring, you know, like during sleep, for example. And she said, actually, a lot of people, if they're practicing a skill that a lot of people will do is they'll, if they have one hour, they'll just practice for the whole hour.

It's actually when we pause, that's when the circuitry is really changing and the remodeling is occurring, you know, like during sleep, for example. And she said, actually, a lot of people, if they're practicing a skill that a lot of people will do is they'll, if they have one hour, they'll just practice for the whole hour.

It's actually when we pause, that's when the circuitry is really changing and the remodeling is occurring, you know, like during sleep, for example. And she said, actually, a lot of people, if they're practicing a skill that a lot of people will do is they'll, if they have one hour, they'll just practice for the whole hour.

And she said, no, no, no, that's not, the neuroscience shows that's not the best way to do it. She said the best way to do it is practice for 15 or 20 minutes, take a five or 10 minute break, and then approach it again. And this engages something called the startle effect.

And she said, no, no, no, that's not, the neuroscience shows that's not the best way to do it. She said the best way to do it is practice for 15 or 20 minutes, take a five or 10 minute break, and then approach it again. And this engages something called the startle effect.

And she said, no, no, no, that's not, the neuroscience shows that's not the best way to do it. She said the best way to do it is practice for 15 or 20 minutes, take a five or 10 minute break, and then approach it again. And this engages something called the startle effect.

And so the startle effect is where the next time that you approach something, you clue into your attention is focused on what you forgot, right?

And so the startle effect is where the next time that you approach something, you clue into your attention is focused on what you forgot, right?

And so the startle effect is where the next time that you approach something, you clue into your attention is focused on what you forgot, right?

So let's say you try to build a skill, you learn something in 20 minutes, then you go back, you realize what you've forgotten now, because now you're applying it again, that hyper focuses your brain on what you forgot and helps you to imprint whatever you're learning. And so by doing that over and over, that's how we start to rewire our brains and develop skills.

So let's say you try to build a skill, you learn something in 20 minutes, then you go back, you realize what you've forgotten now, because now you're applying it again, that hyper focuses your brain on what you forgot and helps you to imprint whatever you're learning. And so by doing that over and over, that's how we start to rewire our brains and develop skills.

So let's say you try to build a skill, you learn something in 20 minutes, then you go back, you realize what you've forgotten now, because now you're applying it again, that hyper focuses your brain on what you forgot and helps you to imprint whatever you're learning. And so by doing that over and over, that's how we start to rewire our brains and develop skills.

I think it's difficult to practice new skills because of the way that we practice. And that's why one of the tools is actually fall in love with practice. Because what I have found, right, and through some of the people that I've spoke to and interviewed for the book, is that practice can become monotonous really fast. It can become boring.

I think it's difficult to practice new skills because of the way that we practice. And that's why one of the tools is actually fall in love with practice. Because what I have found, right, and through some of the people that I've spoke to and interviewed for the book, is that practice can become monotonous really fast. It can become boring.