The Habit Mechanic - Unlock your Human-AI Edge
Dr. Jon Finn
For Self-improvers, Leaders, Teams, & Coaches: Go From Replaceable to ✨Irreplaceable & Unstoppable in the AI Era (Without Tech Skills) 🚀I'm Dr. Jon Finn, best-selling author of 'The Habit Mechanic' and founder of the award-winning Tougher Minds consultancy. With 25 years of experience in performance psychology and three psychology-related degrees, I help people and organizations thrive in the AI era. Drawing from my work with world-class athletes, global businesses, and cutting-edge science, I share practical insights on how to optimize your brain's performance and collaborate effectively with AI to unlock your full potential.In this podcast, we (my team and I) provide simple, science-based tools to help you develop Super Habits for enhanced happiness and performance, and build high-performing teams. You'll learn how to master your "Brain States," become a "Habit Mechanic," and lead successfully in our rapidly evolving world. Whether you're looking to improve your personal performance or create a winning team culture, each episode offers actionable strategies to help you achieve extraordinary results while maintaining energy for what matters most.Earn More, Work Less, Feel Great, and Thrive by Mastering your BRAIN STATESConnect with me at contact@tougherminds.co.uk or visit:Book: https://thehabitmechanic.tougherminds.co.uk/bookWebsite: https://www.tougherminds.co.ukApp: https://www.tougherminds.co.uk
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Mar 31, 2024 • 35min
[Refreshed] Quick Hit 19 - can you analyse your habits so you achieve long-term goals and objectives?
Text us a question and we'll answer it on the podcast...In this next short Habit Mechanic Talk podcast, Dr Jon Finn discusses Chapter 17 of The Habit Mechanic.He also gives a practical explanation of how to analyse our habits, so we identify the new HELPFUL habits we need to build.And he also explains why it's vital to understand the connection between our daily habits and achieving our long-term goals.
Mar 29, 2024 • 36min
[Refreshed] Quick Hit 18 - Reprogram your brain to do MORE HIGH-IMPACT work every day (and overcome STRESS)
Text us a question and we'll answer it on the podcast...In this next short Habit Mechanic podcast, Dr Jon Finn continues to offer solutions for the highly-challenging and mega stressful world we live and work in.He reveals how we are ALL capable of reprogramming our brains, so we can do more high-impact work every day, every week and every month. He also explains how this could add up, and help us achieve major, strategic objectives and accomplishments - professionally and personally.
Mar 24, 2024 • 17min
[Refreshed] Quick Hit 17 - practical techniques to STOP STRESS in its tracks (Part 2)
Text us a question and we'll answer it on the podcast...Here's your chance to catch-up with our Quick Hit podcasts.This is the second part of this short podcast about successfully managing stress.Dr Jon Finn begins this section by explaining to his colleague, Andrew Whitelam, how we can use simple and practical techniques to help us eliminate stress and our unhelpful thoughts.He also explains how stress can have a damaging impact on our sleep; and how and why we should 'process out' stress before we go to bed.
Mar 22, 2024 • 18min
[Refreshed] Quick Hit 16 - practical techniques to STOP STRESS in its tracks (Part 1)
Text us a question and we'll answer it on the podcast...Here's your chance to catch up with our Quick Hit podcasts.This short, two-part podcast is an extract from one of Dr Jon Finn's recent live Habit Mechanic University Masterclasses. It focuses on how we can successfully manage our stress.Dr Jon starts by explaining what happens in our brains when we experience stress.He also shares the valuable story of how heptathlete, Jessica Ennis-Hill, missed the 2008 Beijing Olympics due to injury and how she coped with this major disappointment and challenging time.
Mar 17, 2024 • 36min
[Refreshed] Quick Hit 15 - how to break our social media ADDICTION
Text us a question and we'll answer it on the podcast...Here's your chance to catch-up with our Quick Hit podcasts. In this episode, Dr Jon Finn discusses the recent BBC documentary, The Tik Tok Effect which highlights some very troubling, real-world consequences the social media platform is said to be creating.Dr Jon also explains why Tik Tok (and other social media platforms) are so powerfully addictive AND how we can respond to this, start to break the addiction and focus our attention onto more helpful things.
Mar 10, 2024 • 33min
[Refreshed] Quick Hit 14 - Why traditional therapy and coaching is flawed and needs to change!
Text us a question and we'll answer it on the podcast...Here's your chance to catch-up with our Quick Hit podcasts. In this podcast, Dr Jon Finn explains why many (if not all) types of therapy and coaching are badly flawed and ineffective.He highlights that more and more people are seeking support for their wellbeing and mental health but so much of the support available is based on outdated thinking, and hence won't provide solutions. And Dr Jon discusses the well-publicised mental health struggles of the writer, podcaster and campaigner, Alastair Campbell.
Mar 8, 2024 • 19min
[Refreshed] Quick Hit 13 - How to TRANSFORM your life with Habit science (discussion with high-profile US podcast host)
Text us a question and we'll answer it on the podcast...Here's your chance to catch-up with our Quick Hit podcasts. In this episode, we share an extract from Dr Jon Finn's appearance on the US-based podcast, 'Live Life in Motion', from earlier this year.Dr Jon talks to the host, Sam Kleckly, about how the Habit Mechanic approach is truly transformative. He also responds to Sam's question about which DESTRUCTIVE habits are most often experienced by high-performers in sport and business.
Mar 3, 2024 • 22min
[Refreshed] Quick Hit 12 - the hidden science behind consistent HAPPINESS!
Text us a question and we'll answer it on the podcast...Here's your chance to catch-up with our Quick Hit podcasts. In this episode, Dr Jon Finn talks to Andrew Whitelam and explains what is happiness and how we can all work towards being consistently happy.He also explains how understanding that our brain is like a battery and can 'lose charge' at certain points in the day is crucial to this.COACHING - Launch your own 100k Coaching Business in 13 hours (or you don't pay). To book a FREE call, click here. KEYNOTES & TRAINING - We GUARANTEE To Equip Your People With Practical Skills that enable them to build NEW Life Changing ‘SUPER HABITS’ in 5 minutes. Learn more about our Habit Mechanic Keynotes, Workshops and Training here.APP - Become a 'Certified Habit Mechanic' and instantly do better and feel better. Download the FREE Habit Mechanic University app here.
Mar 1, 2024 • 10min
[Refreshed] Quick Hit 11 - an easy guide to resilience and why it's vital for us all (Part 2)
Text us a question and we'll answer it on the podcast...Here's your chance to catch-up with our Quick Hit podcasts. In this one, Dr Jon Finn follows on from Part 1 and talks more about mental resilience and how it can help us all feel better and do better.He also discusses the resilience research by the American social psychologist, Professor Roy Baumeister, and how the Habit Mechanic approach makes academic insights like his, simple, practical and beneficial to implement in our daily lives.COACHING - Launch your own 100k Coaching Business in 13 hours (or you don't pay). To book a FREE call, click here. KEYNOTES & TRAINING - We GUARANTEE To Equip Your People With Practical Skills that enable them to build NEW Life Changing ‘SUPER HABITS’ in 5 minutes. Learn more about our Habit Mechanic Keynotes, Workshops and Training here.APP - Become a 'Certified Habit Mechanic' and instantly do better and feel better. Download the FREE Habit Mechanic University app here.
Feb 25, 2024 • 13min
[Refreshed] Quick Hit 10 - an easy guide to resilience and why it's vital for us all (Part 1)
Text us a question and we'll answer it on the podcast...Here's your chance to catch-up with our Quick Hit podcasts. In this one short episode, Dr Jon Finn uses easy-to-understand language to explain mental resilience and how it can help us all feel better and do better.COACHING - Launch your own 100k Coaching Business in 13 hours (or you don't pay). To book a FREE call, click here. KEYNOTES & TRAINING - We GUARANTEE To Equip Your People With Practical Skills that enable them to build NEW Life Changing ‘SUPER HABITS’ in 5 minutes. Learn more about our Habit Mechanic Keynotes, Workshops and Training here.APP - Become a 'Certified Habit Mechanic' and instantly do better and feel better. Download the FREE Habit Mechanic University app here.
