Podcasts by UPWIRE: Hacking Human Nature
This podcast explores the neuroscience of Hacking Human Nature to find better ways to make breakthroughs and unlock your true potential in life and work.
UPWIRE is presented by Robert Cooper, Ph.D., a neuroscientist, leadership advisor, New York Times bestselling author (with over 4 million books sold), and founder of the acclaimed 12 Leaders® program.
UPWIRE will feature stories and wisdom from Dr. Cooper, along with his latest thoughts and ideas, interviews, and newest research findings. Cooper provides compelling insights drawn from his work with elite performers and top leaders using neuroscience to get the most out of their brains, their time, and their performance.
Further podcasts by Robert Cooper, Ph.D.
Podcast on the topic Gesundheit und Fitness
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UPWIRE #190 - Small Rules, Big Results from 2017-02-24T05:30
The brain loves big, complicated, later and never. Exceptional leaders and teams choose the exact opposite: breakthroughs and rules that are small, simple, now and next.
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UPWIRE #189 - Skin of a Rhino, Soul of an Angel from 2017-02-10T05:30
The brain is hard-wired to be stuck in a defensive "me-first" mode. It despises criticism and over emphasizes every perceived slight, ultimately leading to artificial roadblocks to your (and yo...
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UPWIRE #188 - Nerve from 2017-01-27T05:30
The brain is hard-wired to shrink, not soar. But inside each of us is a quiet lifelong beckoning call which will awaken the courage to face uncertainty, grow and achieve the "impossible."
UPWIRE #187 - In Touch from 2017-01-13T05:30
By hard-wired human nature, the brain seeks to be out of touch. Instead of engaging with and achieving your best possible future, the brain much prefers the comfort of mindless repetition, dist...
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UPWIRE #186 - Fighting the 14-Day Fade from 2016-12-30T05:30
The brain is largely a forgetting machine, and in today's fast-paced world, it's primed to forget what matters most faster than ever!
In this episode of UPWIRE, we'll take a look at how y...
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UPWIRE #185 - Scaling Momentum Now from 2016-12-16T05:30
To the brain, momentum is not natural. Instead, it prefers interruptions, distractions or anything gives the illusion of activity or movement: brain circuits which are firing frequently but not...
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UPWIRE #184 - What's Automatic Accelerates (Part 2) from 2016-12-02T05:30
The brain loves to keep hundreds of top priorities actively floating around. The problem is the goal traffic jam which inevitably results, burning valuable mental energy and leading to reduced ...
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UPWIRE #183 - What's Automatic Accelerates (Part 1) from 2016-11-18T05:30
The brain is hard-wired to run from challenges (real or imaginary), while barely walking toward opportunities, no matter how amazing.
In part one of this episode of UPWI...
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UPWIRE #182 - Left Lane Leadership from 2016-11-04T04:30
The brain gets hijacked by many forms of competition. Fortunately, so does almost everyone else's brain.
In this podcast, we'll look at how competition negatively impacts our growth, and...
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UPWIRE #181 - "Power Of One" Passport from 2016-10-21T04:30
By instinct, the brain waits for everyone else to change.
If we want to UPWIRE our lives, we must lead by example, go first, test better ways forward-upward and not wait for others.
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UPWIRE #180 - What You Frame Engages from 2016-10-07T04:30
The brain is largely lost in its own labrynth of vagueness and will choose to stay there unless you're willing to lead it out of the shadows.
In this podcast, we'll learn the power of fra...
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UPWIRE #179 - What You Demonstrate Becomes Real (Part 2) from 2016-09-23T04:30
In part two of this UPWIRE, we'll look at some practical strategies for helping your brain keep you moving forward with greater clarity and purpose.
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UPWIRE #178 - What You Demonstrate Becomes Real (Part 1) from 2016-09-09T04:30
Left to its own devices, the brain is a go-second machine, willing to happily follow someone else. The problem, of course, is that if we're always ready to follow, how will we ever achieve o...
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UPWIRE #177 - What You Clarify Compels (Part 2) from 2016-08-26T04:30
Clarity helps the brain move out of the blur and aim at what matters most.
In part two of this podcast, we'll look at some additional techniques we can use to hack human nature and gain i...
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UPWIRE #176 - What You Clarify Compels (Part 1) from 2016-08-12T04:30
In all aspects of our lives, chaos (either real or invented by our brains) can quickly destroy focus, leave us without direction and derail us from achieving the future we want.
In part o...
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UPWIRE #175 - Weeklies from 2016-07-29T04:30
The brain loves "tomorrow", "later" or "never." It constantly imagines itself far into some vague but wonderful future. Unless you learn to masterfully guide your brain, it doesn't do much to ...
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UPWIRE #174 - Sweat The Right Small Stuff from 2016-07-15T04:30
By hard-wired human nature, the brain magnifies every single negative small thing in life, consuming vast amounts of time and energy.
In this episode of UPWIRE, we'll learn how we can qui...
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UPWIRE #173 - Streamline from 2016-07-01T04:30
Your brain is the biggest barrier between where you are and where you want to be. It easily becomes overloaded with useless distractions, negative emotions and excess "baggage."
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UPWIRE #172 - Puzzle Pieces from 2016-06-20T04:30
The brain always thinks there's a big puzzle somewhere which makes sense of everything--if only it could find all the pieces. Waiting to see and understand Listen
UPWIRE #171 - Out Of The Blur from 2016-06-03T04:30
Left to its own devices, the brain loves to get lost in the blur. The brain mistakes motion for work that actually matters, confusing hyper-activity with meaningful progress.
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UPWIRE #170 - One Good Mechanism Beats A Hundred Good Plans from 2016-05-20T04:30
The brain loves plans and planning. The problem is that, while these plans may be inspiring, they never amount to much.
Exceptional leaders and teams understand how to turn exceptional p...
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UPWIRE #169 - Focus Not Only Time (Part 2) from 2016-05-06T04:30
The brain is endlessly attracted to distractions and the "next big thing." Add in the constant worry of time, and you have the perfect recipe for missing out on what matters most in our lives. <...
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UPWIRE 168 - Focus Not Only Time (Part 1) from 2016-04-22T04:30
The brain is largely confounded by time. And as a result, our lives slip into "keeping time" rather than living life to the fullest.
In this episode of UPWIRE, we'll learn how to turn ti...
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UPWIRE 167 - Momentum from 2016-04-08T04:30
With the right momentum on their side, exceptional leaders and teams can accomplish "miracles".
In this episode of UPWIRE, we'll look at how to move beyond the brain's tendency to defer a...
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UPWIRE #163 - Outsmarting the Brain's Blame Game at Work from 2016-03-25T04:30
Our brains have a lightening-fast reactivity to negativity. We're drawn to the negative and the "blame game" mostly due to the ancient wiring in our brains.
The good news is we can quic...
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UPWIRE #162 - Wired for Distraction from 2016-03-18T04:30
Our brains are wired for distraction and not for paying attention. Distraction is just our brains having their way with us, leading us away from achieving our goals and creating the life we wan...
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UPWIRE #161 - Why Your Brain Fails to Aim at Your Best Future from 2016-03-11T05:30
Think about your future. Do you want the future you deliberately create or the one that happens to you? Although it doesn't want to help, you need your brain's help to create your best possibl...
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UPWIRE #160 - Building Yourself a Better Brain at Work from 2016-03-04T05:30
The key to UPWIRING your brain is learning, especially when the learning is new, effortful and successful. But how do we commit to practicing the right kind of learning?
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UPWIRE #159 - How to Build Yourself a Bigger and Better Brain from 2016-02-26T05:30
Every day, many thousands of new cells are created in your brain. Some die quickly, while others contribute to better thinking, decision-making, and enabling the life you want.
In this p...
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UPWIRE 35 - Journey to the Center of the Brain (Part 1) from 2016-02-19T05:30
The brain is built with an immense untapped capacity to grow, but is hardwired to play small and clutch past habits and old routines.
In this podcast, we'll explore a range of new ways to...
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UPWIRE #33 - In the Climb from 2016-02-12T05:30
The brain is capable of rising but is hard-wired to glide and fall. Being “in the climb” requires one of the simplest yet most powerful skill sets.
In this podcast, we'll examine how t...
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UPWIRE #158 - Build More, Run Less from 2016-02-05T05:30
The brain often mistakes effort and motion for progress, tricking us into thinking we're getting somewhere.
In this 2-Minute Friday episode of UPWIRE, we'll learn how to Build More and Ru...
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UPWIRE #31 - Imperfect Rise from 2016-01-29T05:30
By nature, the brain waits, seeking perfect in every aspect of our lives. But no matter how skilled or diligent we get at seeking perfect, pe...
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UPWIRE #30 - How Deep Does Courage Reach? from 2016-01-22T05:30
Exceptional leaders and teams make it look easy to demonstrate courage. It is not. It is a choice to be made again and again every day from the depths of the human heart and spirit.
Ho...
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UPWIRE #29 - Grooves vs. Growth from 2016-01-15T05:30
"Our patterns are our prisons." My grandfather was keenly aware of the human brain's preference to play small rather than rise to meet our expectations and true abilities.
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UPWIRE #27 - Emotional Fuel from 2016-01-08T05:30
The human brain easily notices and magnifies the smallest perceived negative, while missing genuine acts of ingenuity, kindness, and breakthroughs.
In this podcast, we'll take a look at a...
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UPWIRE #26 - Constructive Discontent from 2015-12-31T05:30
In order to achieve amazing results, consciously design your environment with more of what bugs you in order to drive the change...
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UPWIRE #25 - Dare To Trust from 2015-12-23T05:30
Left on its own, the brain is hard-wired to drift away from trust, preferring to focus on fear, worry, doubt and distance.
In this podcast, we'll take a look at how exceptional leaders an...
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UPWIRE #24 - Check In vs. Space Out from 2015-12-18T05:30
Left to its own natural instincts, the brain is blissfully unaware of its level of engagement with the world and your priorities.
Exceptional leaders and teams understand the risk of this...
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UPWIRE #23 - Bury Your Crystal Ball from 2015-12-11T05:30
The human brain imagines it has a magic crystal ball that can decipher people's motives and intentions and see beneath the surface of life.
But the truth about other people and life is ra...
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UPWIRE #22 - The Brain's Bridge™ from 2015-12-04T05:30
An essential ingredient for accelerated growth into your most amazing future is a clear and compelling connection between HERE and the best possible THE...
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UPWIRE #155: 2-Minute Friday: One Moment of Memory from 2015-11-27T05:30
In this podcast, Roberts shares the latest neuroscience research on how a single powerful moment of memory can change our performance state and what happens next.
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UPWIRE #62 - An Ounce of Positive Emotion Beats a Ton of Nitpicking from 2015-11-20T05:30
By nature, the human brain is a master nitpicker and poor farmer for new breakthroughs. Exceptional leaders and teams understand this, and UPWIRE their progress by applying precise doses of pos...
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UPWIRE #77 - An Ounce of Positive Emotion Beats a Pound of Repetition from 2015-11-13T05:30
By nature, the brain lives on a treadmill of repetition. Stuck in the hard-wired past, the brain is quick to judge and run, and slow to innovate and contribute.
In this podcast, Robert sh...
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UPWIRE #28 - Emphasize the Rise from 2015-11-06T05:00
The brain is built to RISE, but wired to ROUTINE. It is ever-vigilant in noticing and criticizing anything wrong, while missing almost every positive change.
In this podcast, Robert shar...
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UPWIRE #154 - 2-Minute Friday: PRE from 2015-10-30T20:14:29
Annual Gallup surveys show that nearly two-thirds of all leaders and three-forths of all employees are disengaged at work. There are countless books and training programs aimed at increasing en...
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UPWIRE #153 - 2 Minute Friday: How Long Does It Take? from 2015-10-22T15:55:46
In this 2-Minute Friday podcast, Robert discusses how long it takes to impact or change a life. Learn how a simple "pause" can lead to the greatest difference.
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UPWIRE #152 - The Eyes Only See What the Mind is Prepared to Comprehend from 2015-10-22T15:52:33
What is your mind prepared to comprehend?
From jazz pianist Art Tatum's unique performance abilities to renowned psychologist Abraham Maslow's daily "choice", Robert Cooper shares insight...
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UPWIRE #151 - Brain Performance Code from 2015-10-22T15:41:41
How old is your brain's basic programming? Is this the right "performance code" for achieving our goals in today's hectic and modern world?
In this podcast, Robert Cooper discusses neurop...
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UPWIRE #79 - A Split-Second Turn from 2015-10-21T22:02:07
At any given moment, we can suddenly face adversity, an unexpected challenge, or feel the drain of a negative look or comment or feeling.
In that one split-second, the brain loses control...
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UPWIRE #63 - Stop Doing, Start Doing from 2015-10-21T21:47:26
Do you know why you do what you do? Why you react a certain way? Do you have an active choice in everything you do?
In this episode, Robert provides insight on how we can UPWIRE our stub...
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UPWIRE #56 - Attention, Distractions and the Human Brain from 2015-10-21T21:36:07
Today's blend of noise, technology and distraction-on-demand creates a perfect playground for the brain to indulge in what it loves to do: dabble, coast, seek entertainment, wander and hide.
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UPWIRE #51 - Good and Great are the Enemies of Possible from 2015-10-21T21:25:19
Aiming to be "good" often leads to mediocrity. Becoming "great" can potentially trap us forever in a state of perceived success. Only the ongoing drive to surpass our very best can allow us to ...
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UPWIRE #34 - Capacity, Not Routine from 2015-10-21T21:13:49
By nature, the human brain is drawn toward mediocre routines and old habits, preventing us from reaching our true potential
In this podcast, Robert explores how we can reach deeper and u...
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UPWIRE #32 - Accelerated Growth is a Choice from 2015-10-21T21:04:43
Left to its own devices, the brain is hard-wired to steadily and stubbornly die on the vine instead of grow in the climb. Overcoming the brain's tendency to "play small" is possible, but we must...
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