Geoff Blades explains why most self-help advice fails, how automatic thought patterns dominate our lives, and why mastering your mind may be the single most important skill for the future.Show Partners:Get your MENTAL FITNESS BLUEPRINT here! A special thanks to our mental fitness + sweat partner Sip SaunasPersonal Socrates: Better Question, Better LifeConnect with Marc: https://konect.to/marcchampagneTimestamps:00:00 — The question that opens every interview: “Who are you?”01:00 — Geoff’s early career at Goldman Sachs and the moment everything changed03:00 — The question that started a 25-year journey: “Is this the life I truly want?”05:30 — Why asking better questions can completely change your life07:00 — The hidden architecture of the human mind08:30 — Reading thousands of self-help books… and still not finding answers10:30 — The problem with most personal development advice13:00 — Why knowing what to do doesn’t mean you’ll actually do it15:00 — Leaving Wall Street and searching for deeper answers17:00 — The trap of “when I get there, then I’ll be happy”19:00 — Discovering hypnosis, NLP, and deeper mental programming20:30 — The shocking reality of 80,000 thoughts per day22:00 — Pattern interrupts: the key to breaking automatic thinking24:00 — Why obsession is necessary for real mental transformation26:00 — The negativity bias and why the world feeds low-vibration thinking28:30 — The three energy systems that drive performance30:00 — Why your internal experience is separate from your external life33:00 — Changing your energy to change your thoughts35:00 — Physical, emotional, and spiritual energy explained38:00 — The Ultimate Day system for managing energy and focus41:00 — The three-step method for building a limitless mind44:00 — Tools for interrupting negative thinking in real time46:00 — “Stop. Wake up.” — the pattern interrupt that changes everything47:30 — Designing environments that support mental clarity48:30 — Why controlling your mind may be the ultimate human skill50:00 — Final reflections on mastering the mind*Special props 👇Music: Clouds - Joakim KarudSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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