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NSDR – Calm through Mental Focus

NSDR, or Non-Sleep Deep Rest, is a relaxation technique where you bring your mind and body into a state of deep relaxation, somewhere between being awake and asleep. The term NSDR was coined by Dr. Andrew Huberman.

“The slower and calmer you are, The more confident you will be.“

When Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently revealed how NSDR helped him, it caught many attention eyes. In this YouTube video, recommended by Dr. Huberman, Madefor guides you ‘NSDR: for De-Stress and relaxation’.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H0FKzeuVVs

References:
Huberman Lab podcast: https://hubermanlab.com

Why do you need to BLUFF?

You have a burning desire to convey your message to your audience but not sure how to? The best way to do is, Just BLUFF.

What? Why?

Yes, but what is BLUFF? Bottom line upfront first.

You state the conclusion first. Then follow with your reasoning. If your audience did not get anything out of it, they at least got your message first and foremost. This is what newspapers follow. Headline in bold caps. Followed by a two line summary. Followed by more details. Followed by the history of this topic.

Go ahead and just BLUFF.

Benefits of an Attack Mentality

In this pandemic situation, staying positive when everything around you seems wrong is not easy. As humans, we are wired to focus on problems aka problem centric thought (PCT). Thoughts make-the man, but negative thoughts limit our potential and increase stress. How do we overcome?

Credit: Reuters

Skip past the problem and move right toward on the solution with a Relentless Solution Focus mindset (RSF). The way to do this is, Quickly identify a problem and focus right on what needs to be done to improve. The goal always is to have an attack mentally to improve, this RSF would make us mentally tough. The brain immediately recognizes this thought pattern and releases happy chemicals dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrinine as a reward.

Bring out your Attack mentality and always seek out a way to improve, even if its just one small thing.