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#496 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Science Of Peak Performance

Modern Wisdom

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You Can't Control the Mind With the Mind

If we are in a pretty relaxed state, or if we are happy, we generally feel like we can do what we want to do. At those points along the autonomic nervous system, our thoughts become a bit like a runaway train. It's very hard to get yourself out of those states with thinking alone. So that's why i say, if you can control the mind with the mind, look to the body to control the mind. And when we've done that successfully and ashly, quite straightforward to do, we are able to think about things differently.

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