John Assaraf

The only time the stress circuit, which anxiety falls into it, is when the demand exceeds your current capacity. So let's talk about capacity. Isn't capacity... our ability to walk up one or two or ten flights of stairs? Isn't our capacity our ability to lift a five-pound weight or 25-pound weight one time, five times, ten times? And anything more than the capacity is like straight, right?

The only time the stress circuit, which anxiety falls into it, is when the demand exceeds your current capacity. So let's talk about capacity. Isn't capacity... our ability to walk up one or two or ten flights of stairs? Isn't our capacity our ability to lift a five-pound weight or 25-pound weight one time, five times, ten times? And anything more than the capacity is like straight, right?

So we can use physical fitness as an example. We can use money as an example. You're running out of money. and you're like, oh my God, I'm running out of money. You know, I'm not making enough money to pay the mortgage or the rent. My sales are behind, my productivity's behind. Oh my God, stress, stress, stress, stress, stress.

So we can use physical fitness as an example. We can use money as an example. You're running out of money. and you're like, oh my God, I'm running out of money. You know, I'm not making enough money to pay the mortgage or the rent. My sales are behind, my productivity's behind. Oh my God, stress, stress, stress, stress, stress.

Now most people, right, will feel that stress and it'll do one of two things for them. It'll either fuel them, right, or it'll shut them down and they'll procrastinate, self-sabotage, and they'll freeze or run away. Three things. So we know that there are neuromechanics that get triggered, and we always, always, always will revert, right?

Now most people, right, will feel that stress and it'll do one of two things for them. It'll either fuel them, right, or it'll shut them down and they'll procrastinate, self-sabotage, and they'll freeze or run away. Three things. So we know that there are neuromechanics that get triggered, and we always, always, always will revert, right?

We'll revert to our training that has been imprinted, impressed in the subconscious mind, not the knowledge or information we have.

We'll revert to our training that has been imprinted, impressed in the subconscious mind, not the knowledge or information we have.

I always like to know, like, here's why, right? Here's some frames to understand because I like to know.

I always like to know, like, here's why, right? Here's some frames to understand because I like to know.

Yeah, very, very common. So in addition to having networks that turn on or off in our brain, we have associations. Some people might know what I'm talking about, some may not. Some people, when they drink alcohol, they like to have a cigarette. They're associated, right? Some people, you know, after sex, they like to have a cigarette. And I'm not a smoker.

Yeah, very, very common. So in addition to having networks that turn on or off in our brain, we have associations. Some people might know what I'm talking about, some may not. Some people, when they drink alcohol, they like to have a cigarette. They're associated, right? Some people, you know, after sex, they like to have a cigarette. And I'm not a smoker.

And I don't drink anymore anyway because I used to drink too much and used all the neuroscience to stop. We have associations. And so sometimes when we have a bad or negative or destructive habit, it happens. like you said, has like a house of cards effect. It affects other things. And it's very, very normal because neural pathways in the brain are all connected together.

And I don't drink anymore anyway because I used to drink too much and used all the neuroscience to stop. We have associations. And so sometimes when we have a bad or negative or destructive habit, it happens. like you said, has like a house of cards effect. It affects other things. And it's very, very normal because neural pathways in the brain are all connected together.

Every brain cell has about 7,000 connections to other brain cells. But the cerebellum part of our brain has up to 100,000. So if there's a habit, you know, a good habit, let's say around money or around success, and all of a sudden that is shattered, it is connected to so many more other areas in our brain that it kind of like activates them.

Every brain cell has about 7,000 connections to other brain cells. But the cerebellum part of our brain has up to 100,000. So if there's a habit, you know, a good habit, let's say around money or around success, and all of a sudden that is shattered, it is connected to so many more other areas in our brain that it kind of like activates them.

And if we don't have the mental and emotional control we need, then they can be like a runaway train. So very, very normal. And because we're human, we can learn, right? It's almost like, have you ever heard of the deadliest catch TV show?

And if we don't have the mental and emotional control we need, then they can be like a runaway train. So very, very normal. And because we're human, we can learn, right? It's almost like, have you ever heard of the deadliest catch TV show?

So you see these like hardened sailors, right? And to be a captain of a ship on those, you know, those ships, those seas, you've got to be like the best of the best in the world, right? So you're not going to, you know, make it out of a 50 foot swell with undercurrents, with 10,000 pounds of ice, you know, on your boat with skimpy dressed, you know, crew.

So you see these like hardened sailors, right? And to be a captain of a ship on those, you know, those ships, those seas, you've got to be like the best of the best in the world, right? So you're not going to, you know, make it out of a 50 foot swell with undercurrents, with 10,000 pounds of ice, you know, on your boat with skimpy dressed, you know, crew.