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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.83,0:00:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is kind of nice.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.46,0:00:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it is incredibly difficult\Nto contain what you want to say
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.72,0:00:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 18 minutes, but it's for me anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.47,0:00:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we kind of showed you earlier\Non what goes wrong under pressure.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.36,0:00:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The human brain is constantly getting\Na signal from all the bodily systems,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.94,0:00:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but particularly the heart,\Nthe vagus nerve,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.54,0:00:33.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which, as we showed you\Nis sort of erratic and under pressure,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.45,0:00:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,super chaos causes that DIY lobotomy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.36,0:00:42.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're all built that way,\Nand you've all had the experience
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.27,0:00:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when somebody kind of\Nputs a challenge to you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.59,0:00:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it doesn't really matter\Nas you saw how small that challenge is.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.90,0:00:49.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can be any type of challenge.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.55,0:00:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A challenge to your point of view,\Na challenge to your ego,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.96,0:00:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a challenge to your relationships,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.64,0:00:59.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any type of challenge\Ncauses the physiology to go chaotic,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.29,0:01:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,causes the frontal lobe to be inhibited,\Nand you become suboptimal straight away.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.56,0:01:09.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's kind of interesting about that\Nis when the brain is inhibited;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.41,0:01:11.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it also inhibits your\Nperceptual awareness,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.51,0:01:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you don't realize it's happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.49,0:01:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can come out of a meeting\Nand think, "Oh, that went well."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.90,0:01:22.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And everyone,s going, "What do you mean\Nit went well? You were rubbish."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.61,0:01:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because your awareness is inhibited,\Nyou don't realize how rubbish you were.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.73,0:01:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's a bit of a catch-22.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.58,0:01:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the phenomena that underpins\Nlots of different things
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.08,0:01:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you've seen and experienced\Nyourself or seen on telly:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.21,0:01:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stage-fright, people get stage fright\Nand can't remember their words;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.32,0:01:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kids go blank in an exam.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.96,0:01:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the same phenomena.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.08,0:01:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or my personal favorite - Family Fortunes,\Nif you've ever watched that show -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.74,0:01:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the two people sit at the front.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.27,0:01:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've asked 100 people on the street
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.00,0:01:55.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to name something\Nyou put in a jacket potato.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.11,0:01:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bzz) "Jam!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.30,0:01:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.08,0:01:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's hysterical.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.84,0:02:04.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When your frontal lobe's inhibited\Nyou say anything, and it's really funny.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.79,0:02:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anne Robinson, The Weakest Link,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.00,0:02:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she throws you a simple question,\Nthen stares at you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.67,0:02:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You blurt out any all sort of rubbish.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.15,0:02:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you're up with your boss,\Nhe might be the nicest boss in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.40,0:02:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're feeling a little under pressure,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.83,0:02:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you suddenly discover\Nyou're talking rubbish.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.62,0:02:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes you even have that awareness.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.56,0:02:31.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You almost see yourself coming out\Nwith the most ridiculous nonsense.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.26,0:02:35.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think, "Why is this happening?"\NIt's because you're built that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.75,0:02:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The human system is built that way\Nis that under pressure,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.88,0:02:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,physiological chaos, the brain shuts down.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.13,0:02:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're designed that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.70,0:02:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think, "Why are we designed that way?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.24,0:02:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the only reason you have anything\Nin your physiology is survival.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.15,0:02:58.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are survival advantages\Nto having brain shut down,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.03,0:02:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it goes back 200,000 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.55,0:03:02.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you were wandering\Nacross the prairie,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.46,0:03:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a big grizzly bear comes out\Nfrom behind the rocks and says,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.49,0:03:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, human being! There's my lunch."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.13,0:03:10.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't need clever thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.34,0:03:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, if you stood going to be clever,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.30,0:03:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Is that the brown bear,\Nor the lesser-spotted gray bear?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.03,0:03:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.14,0:03:18.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He will eat you, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.37,0:03:20.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you need brain shut down.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.67,0:03:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your thinking has to become\Nvery unsophisticated,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.16,0:03:25.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in fact, it has to become binary.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.59,0:03:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you either have fight-flight\Nor play dead. Two choices.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.36,0:03:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You either just drop\Nto the ground in a faint,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.34,0:03:35.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you're prepared to slug it out or run.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.39,0:03:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's binary.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.63,0:03:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anything more sophisticated\Nyou don't need, it will kill you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.17,0:03:42.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here we are, 200,000 years later,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.78,0:03:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we still have the same\Nbiological mechanism.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.28,0:03:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've basically got\Na 200,000-year-old software,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.28,0:03:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we've never had the upgrade, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.04,0:03:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't meet a bear today;\Nwe meet each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.13,0:04:00.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in meeting each other,\Nthe same phenomenon goes on.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.57,0:04:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We showed you how that chaos
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.34,0:04:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can cause somebody\Nwho's even good at math, like Neil is,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.58,0:04:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Uh ... 200 ... Uh ... Shut up,\Nyou're putting me off! 200 ... Uh ..."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.53,0:04:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It becomes impossible,\Na simple task like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.72,0:04:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can tell you, I did this\Nin the office of the chief exec,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.50,0:04:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the leading retailers in the UK,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.54,0:04:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his first answer was 298.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.63,0:04:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.03,0:04:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, he went, "Oh. No, that's wrong!"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.83,0:04:30.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was so embarrassed\Nthat he got the first one wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.35,0:04:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he couldn't think of the second one.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.08,0:04:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It literally sounds like, "Ah ..."\Na rabbit in the headlights.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.04,0:04:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He just couldn't come up with anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.90,0:04:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as I said, you're all\Nat the mercy of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.52,0:04:44.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The point being, until you've got\Ncontrol of this physiology,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.33,0:04:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anybody can make you look like an idiot.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.98,0:04:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what's worse?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.60,0:04:52.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're doing it to yourself\Nan awful lot of the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.69,0:04:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your own anxiety\Nabout your own performance
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.07,0:04:58.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is actually causing the chaos,\Nso you're lobotomizing yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.55,0:05:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people around you\Ncan trigger you into a lobotomy,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.94,0:05:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but most of the time,\Nyou're just lobotomizing yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.63,0:05:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So until you've got control\Nof that absolutely, fundamental basic -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.53,0:05:13.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might be brilliant one day,\Nyou might be poor,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.57,0:05:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who knows what's going\Nto show up that day.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.51,0:05:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So right about fundamental,\Nthe cleverness of your thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.06,0:05:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or your ability to read\Nthe line on a golf putt,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.14,0:05:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or your ability to come up\Nwith a great idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.29,0:05:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or how to innovate that sales process,\Nor any of that stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.98,0:05:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The quality of your thought, in fact,\Nthe very things that you think,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.24,0:05:41.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how well you think them\Nis hugely influenced by your biology.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.21,0:05:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll give a couple of live examples,\Nthen get Neil back up,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.03,0:05:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we'll show you\Nhow to control your physiology.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.53,0:05:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you haven't yet clocked
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.06,0:05:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that your biology is controlling\Nyour brain function.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.36,0:05:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we held you and locked the doors\Nand filled you up with coffee,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.98,0:06:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what happens is your bladder\Ngets bigger and bigger and bigger.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.09,0:06:02.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It starts to send\Nalarm messages to your brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.59,0:06:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're getting one of these pee.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.80,0:06:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I've got to pee ... I've got to pee."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.03,0:06:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you've ever had that experience
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.70,0:06:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you can't get out, but\Nyour bladder is sending alarm signals,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.58,0:06:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of that -\Nyou haven't got Pampers on -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.85,0:06:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.68,0:06:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you'll discover is you go deaf.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.47,0:06:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You ever notice that?\NYou can't hear people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.10,0:06:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're so internally focused,\N"My bladder is going to burst..."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.52,0:06:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go deaf.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.58,0:06:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see people's mouths moving,\Nbut you can't hear what they're saying.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.10,0:06:34.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then beads of sweat start to break out,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.97,0:06:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're trying to pee urine out\Nthrough your forehead.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.46,0:06:39.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.49,0:06:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Literally, your consciousness\Nis completely eradicated.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.34,0:06:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's the biology disrupting\Nyour consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.94,0:06:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I was in a meeting recently\Nwith an eight-month-pregnant woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.77,0:06:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were chatting away,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.04,0:06:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you saw the baby visibly\Nripple across, went like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.57,0:07:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you could see the ripple\Ngo across her abdomen,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.08,0:07:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she was chatting, then ..."Ooh ..."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.75,0:07:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For about 20 seconds she was gone,\Ncompletely kind of left the room, "Oh ..."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.43,0:07:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then she went, "Oh, hello!"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.50,0:07:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.50,0:07:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back in the room again.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.60,0:07:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was like her consciousness\Ndisappeared for 20 seconds.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.48,0:07:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So these are live examples.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.82,0:07:23.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think you just think, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.87,0:07:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what do you think, \Nand why do you think it?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.53,0:07:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was talking to a senior exec,\Nhe was from a government think tank.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.48,0:07:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Oh, government\Nthink tank, that's interesting!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.27,0:07:36.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You probably sit around\Nwith loads of clever people
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.69,0:07:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,debating the issues of the day
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.20,0:07:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and trying to come up\Nwith some clever answers."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.86,0:07:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Yes, pretty much what we do."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.80,0:07:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Have you ever thought
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.23,0:07:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about why those answers\Nare not these other answers?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.14,0:07:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever thought\Nabout your own thinking?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.65,0:07:54.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "I never thought about that."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.85,0:07:58.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Spotted it! You're a think-tank;\Nyou've never thought about thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.61,0:08:00.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's that about?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.31,0:08:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we just think,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.91,0:08:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we don't realize that what we think\Nand how well we think it,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.33,0:08:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is actually influenced by something else.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.69,0:08:12.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thought is really an emergent\Nproperty within your system.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.99,0:08:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The very things that you think,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.68,0:08:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will think different things\Nif you're happy than if you're depressed.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.63,0:08:24.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how well you think them\Nwill depend a lot on the biology.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.45,0:08:28.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you want to step-change thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.79,0:08:33.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you want to really double or treble\Nthe quality of your thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.91,0:08:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't do it by thinking about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.56,0:08:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wouldn't that be nice if I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.10,0:08:41.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Look, I've spotted the problem\Nfor you in your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.57,0:08:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're not thinking smart enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.88,0:08:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I want you to go away\Nover the weekend,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.90,0:08:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come back 25 percent smarter\Non Monday morning, alright?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.72,0:08:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That will be nice, wouldn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.20,0:08:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, I haven't thought to do that,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.20,0:08:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll go away, and I'll think\Nabout my thinking over the weekend,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.26,0:09:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,25 percent better\Non Monday, here I am!"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.00,0:09:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't work that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.21,0:09:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what Einstein said,\N"We can not solve our problems
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.30,0:09:09.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the same level of thinking\Nthat created them."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.38,0:09:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't get a new level of thinking\Njust by thinking about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.22,0:09:17.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to change the context\Nin which thoughts emerge.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.22,0:09:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the context,\Nin human terms, is the biology.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.10,0:09:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the biological context\Nfrom which thought emerges?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.47,0:09:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the emotional state\Nfrom which thought emerges?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.16,0:09:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You change that context,\Nthe biological and emotional context,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.11,0:09:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can change\Nthe quality of the thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.58,0:09:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the actual thought itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.18,0:09:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the source.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.16,0:09:44.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I suggest we get Chris back up
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.65,0:09:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'll show you how Chris can learn\Nwith no training before,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.75,0:09:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to control his physiology.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.44,0:09:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You do not need to be - sorry, Neil -\Na yogic master.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.74,0:09:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.02,0:09:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Neil: What happens to short term memory?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.07,0:09:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.02,0:10:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here we go.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.10,0:10:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which ear are we on? Neil: This one.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.77,0:10:08.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you just hold that,\Nchange chair around a bit if you like.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.57,0:10:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Turn your chair around,\Nso you can see the screen more easily.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.48,0:10:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So exactly as before,\Nis he still alive? Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.79,0:10:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we'll start recording.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.67,0:10:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So again, just picking up each heartbeat,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.32,0:10:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the software is measuring the distance\Nbetween each heart beat
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.23,0:10:24.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and calculating his heart rate.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.72,0:10:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because he walked up the stage\Nout of the audience,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.11,0:10:29.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's going about 90 miles an hour.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.11,0:10:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just the excitement\Nabout being the front here.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.31,0:10:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you want to control your physiology,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.79,0:10:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this isn't years and years\Nand months and months of practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.66,0:10:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to be a yogic master\Nto control your physiology.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.75,0:10:42.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just have to know exactly\Nwhat to do, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.51,0:10:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're now going to show\NChris, sorry, Neil exactly what to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.20,0:10:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.47,0:10:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mental block.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.78,0:10:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over here is a breath pacer,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.04,0:10:54.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so when that goes up, I want you\Nto breathe in ... (Inhales)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.41,0:10:58.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when that goes down, I want you\Nto breathe out. (Exhales)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.59,0:11:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the bottom, there's a hold.\NSo wait for it. Don't go too soon, ready?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.03,0:11:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Inhales)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.61,0:11:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a long, slow ... (Exhales) Okay?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.46,0:11:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wait for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.92,0:11:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Inhales) A long, slow ... (Exhales)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.08,0:11:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can follow this\Nin the room, if you want,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.17,0:11:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just breathe in this rhythmic fashion.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.63,0:11:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a nice rhythmic breathing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.44,0:11:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a long breath in,\Nand a long, slow breath out.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.74,0:11:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll leave Neil to do that,\Nand I'll carry on talking to you guys.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.76,0:11:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So of all the things that you can do\Nto get your physiology under control,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.57,0:11:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are many things.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.55,0:11:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the start point is to do something\Nthat you can get conscious control over,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.97,0:11:45.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can get conscious control\Nover your breathing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.59,0:11:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, there are 12 different aspects\Nof your breath that you can regulate.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.75,0:11:53.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,12 different aspects.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.27,0:11:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you go to classes,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.97,0:12:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it's singing, sports,\Nfighter pilots, all sorts of things,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.21,0:12:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'll talk to you about breathing\Nand breath practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.95,0:12:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yoga, you know.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.89,0:12:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what are they teaching you?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.03,0:12:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example,\Nthere's a yogic practice
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.77,0:12:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they teach you\Nalternate nostril breathing.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.30,0:12:14.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's kind of interesting,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.91,0:12:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in my view, that's number nine\Non the list of priorities, of the 12.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.16,0:12:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The single most important thing is rhythm,\Nwhich is what this is training.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.17,0:12:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we've seen that this measures\Nthe level of coherence in Neil's system.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.30,0:12:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he's in complete chaos,\Nhe's down here in the red.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.95,0:12:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just with a bit of guidance,\Nin less than or about a minute,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.29,0:12:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's up and into the coherent green.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.26,0:12:42.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is the yogic master.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.27,0:12:43.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.99,0:12:47.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Neil brackets Yoda, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.78,0:12:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can see the physiology\Nhas changed from this erratic
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.88,0:12:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to this coherent waveform\Nin less than a minute,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.34,0:12:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you know what to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.35,0:13:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So of all the things\Nin your breathing that you can do -
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.06,0:13:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you start to control\Nthe rhythm of the breath,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.56,0:13:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will start to change\Nthe physiology, just as you've seen.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.64,0:13:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you'll start to become more coherent.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.60,0:13:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So his frontal lobes will work better now\Nthan at the beginning of this trace,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.23,0:13:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when his physiology was erratic,\Nyou all see the difference?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.23,0:13:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though the average\Nheart rate is about the same,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.06,0:13:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during that period and during this period.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.64,0:13:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The heart rate is the same,\Nbut the pattern is different.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.57,0:13:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you change that pattern,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.82,0:13:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're basically sending\Nbetter quality fuel
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.93,0:13:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the heart to the brain,\Nthe brain is going to work better.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.98,0:13:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when the brain works better,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.50,0:13:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're more perceptive,\Nyou're more insightful,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.70,0:13:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're more clear thinking,\Nyou can understand how to problem-solve.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.10,0:13:46.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I saw the other speakers say,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.64,0:13:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to figure out when things\Ngo wrong, what I'm going to do about this?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.27,0:13:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If brains inhibited,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.28,0:13:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you probably won't come up\Nwith the idea or the right answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.16,0:13:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you've got your brain switched on,\Nyou've got a much better chance.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.23,0:14:00.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does that all make sense?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.31,0:14:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you hear people say to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.33,0:14:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh yeah, before that big presentation,\Ntake a few deep breaths."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.87,0:14:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd say, "Don't bother."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.38,0:14:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because a few deep breaths
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.04,0:14:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't actually going to alter\Nyour brain function that much.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.86,0:14:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, when they say deep,\Nwhat they actually mean is large.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.81,0:14:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Large volume breath is what they mean.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.50,0:14:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because depth is the area\Nwhere the air in the lungs is going.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.93,0:14:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What they mean is a few big breaths.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.48,0:14:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even volume
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.20,0:14:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is only about number five or six\Non the batting order.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.54,0:14:35.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The number one priority is rhythm.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.05,0:14:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take a few rhythmic breaths,\Nthat will start to change your physiology.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.64,0:14:43.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can put this to the test.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.43,0:14:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next time, before you might\Nhave to make a difficult phone call,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.43,0:14:49.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than taking a few deep breaths\Nor even a few large breaths,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.53,0:14:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take a few rhythmic breasts,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.89,0:14:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rhythm really means\Na fixed ratio of in-to-out.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.97,0:14:57.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't matter what that ratio is,\Nso long as it's fixed.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.89,0:15:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is four seconds in,\Nsix seconds out.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.08,0:15:04.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Four, six, four, six, four, six.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.75,0:15:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could do five-five.\NFive, five, five, five.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.85,0:15:10.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So long as it's fixed.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.17,0:15:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you don't want
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.14,0:15:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is four, six, five, five, eight,\Nthree, three, seven, two, five.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.58,0:15:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's erratic breathing, okay?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.18,0:15:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want a fixed ratio.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.44,0:15:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, once you've got\Na rhythmic breath going,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.18,0:15:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the second most important\Nthing is smoothness.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.01,0:15:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you can breathe\Nrhythmically but staccato,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.34,0:15:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you could go (Puffing in and out)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.35,0:15:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's entirely rhythmic,\Nbut it's staccato,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.40,0:15:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so what you want is smooth,\Nso (Slow inhale and exhale)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.77,0:15:50.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a fixed volume per second\Nround the entire cycle.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.89,0:15:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just as we're probably both rowers;\Nmy sport was rowing.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.65,0:15:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what they teach you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.98,0:15:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How are the rowers going\Nto win all the gold medals
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.42,0:16:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Olympics in 147 days?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.20,0:16:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Neil: The first ones in 151 days.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.62,0:16:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll teach you\Nwhenever you learn to row,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.71,0:16:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blades in the water,\Nblades out the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.04,0:16:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In, out, in, out. Rhythm, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.80,0:16:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then once you've learned\Nthat rhythm as a novice oarsman,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.66,0:16:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the next thing is once\Nthe blades are in the water,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.08,0:16:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even smooth pressure through the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.78,0:16:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the way through the stroke.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.28,0:16:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want to put a blade in a water,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.24,0:16:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pull really hard, let it drift a bit,\Nand pull really hard at the end,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.56,0:16:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because boat goes "Uh..." like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.78,0:16:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In, even pressure.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.93,0:16:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the same with Chris Hoy\Non the bicycle.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.95,0:16:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you look at the metrics\Nthat is done around Chris Hoy -
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.74,0:16:36.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if you realize this -
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.85,0:16:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,novice cyclist thinks\Nit's just about the kick down,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.42,0:16:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, then it's the drag and it's the lift,\Nand actually, it's a circle.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.41,0:16:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you look at the metrics on that,\Nthey've got to go circular,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.65,0:16:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get as much pressure evenly\Napplied around the whole cycle.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.43,0:16:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you'll see the Olympic cyclist
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.73,0:16:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will have a smooth, and even force\Nall the way around the loop,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.57,0:17:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those are the guys\Nthat win the gold medal.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.03,0:17:03.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's smoothness through it.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.43,0:17:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So exactly as we've got here
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.38,0:17:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is if we can (Exhales erratically) \Nthen (Inhales erratically)
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.57,0:17:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you might have rhythm,\Nbut have you got smoothness?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.10,0:17:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you get smoothness better,\Nit becomes more and more coherent.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.11,0:17:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So rhythm and smoothness exactly
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.14,0:17:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as you would cycle,\Nexactly as you would row,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.44,0:17:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gives you the most powerful effect.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.08,0:17:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does that all make sense?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.53,0:17:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one other thing,\Nif we got time, we probably have.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.15,0:17:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just yapping because\Nwe don't have lunch till one.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.73,0:17:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I might as well tell you something.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.66,0:17:39.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The third most important thing
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.47,0:17:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the location of your attention\Nwhile you're breathing.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.06,0:17:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we say is ...
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.86,0:17:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People teach you abdominal breathing -\Nbreathe through the belly and all of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.68,0:17:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathe through the center of your chest,\Nthrough the heart area if you will.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.21,0:18:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three reasons why we say\Nbreathe through here not through there.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.55,0:18:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or don't imagine you're sucking\Nthe air up through the soles of your feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.03,0:18:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's coming in through\Nthe crown chakra, or whatever.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.52,0:18:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You do any of that stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.72,0:18:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where is your attention\Nwhen you're breathing?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.88,0:18:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Put your attention\Nto the center of your chest.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.07,0:18:16.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three reasons why you put your attention\Non the center of your chest is number one:
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.99,0:18:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The heart generates more electrical power\Nthan any other part of your system.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.98,0:18:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So even though there are billions\Nof nerve cells up here,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.14,0:18:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and only a couple hundred\Nthousand down here,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.26,0:18:30.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the power output of your heart\Nis three and a half watts,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.95,0:18:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the way greater\Nthan the power output of your brain
Dialogue: 0,0:18:33.84,0:18:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because what happens in your brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.52,0:18:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the electrical charges are going\Nall different directions, it all cancels.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.02,0:18:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here you've got something\Ncalled "auto coherence."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.56,0:18:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The heart has to synchronize\Nin order for it to pump.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.32,0:18:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So electrically speaking,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.53,0:18:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the heart generates 50 times\Nmore electrical output than the brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.00,0:18:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you want to record\Nsomebody's brain waves,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.12,0:18:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to put a clip\Non their ear, like Neil's here,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.70,0:18:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pick up the heartbeat,\Nmathematically remove the heart beat,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.01,0:18:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the heart beat is this big,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.69,0:19:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the brain beat\Nor brain wave is only that big.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.16,0:19:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The heart's wave\Nmore powerful electromagnetically;
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.87,0:19:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the heart generates 5,000 times\Nmore energy than the brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.35,0:19:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it starts to, forgive the pun,\Nturn on its head.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.30,0:19:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hang on, what's controlling what here?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.24,0:19:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got to start to look more broadly\Nin terms of the human system as a system.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.28,0:19:24.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're so brain dominant, brain-centric.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.11,0:19:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you put your attention in the heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.18,0:19:30.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're putting your attention\Nwhere the primary source of power is here.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.45,0:19:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's the first reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.62,0:19:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second reason:
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.74,0:19:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you drop your attention\Nand breathe through here,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.18,0:19:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it gets you out of the noise in your head,\Nwhich is where we usually confuse,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.04,0:19:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to drop into the body, and breathe\Nthrough the center of your chest.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.46,0:19:45.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the third reason\Nwhich we're going to get onto
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.100,0:19:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is actually, we're ultimately going to go
Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.18,0:19:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from controlling that physiology\Nup to the emotional state,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.39,0:19:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and show you actually\Nhow do you turn on the passion;
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.58,0:19:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how do you turn\Non a positive emotional state.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.87,0:19:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know an awful lot\Nabout positive emotions
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.92,0:20:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are experienced\Nin the center of our chest.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.92,0:20:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Hence, I love my son with all my heart.”
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.06,0:20:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do you even say that?\NBecause that's actually where I feel it.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.62,0:20:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The awareness might be in our mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.88,0:20:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but where do we feel the sensation\Nof love? In the center of the chest.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.96,0:20:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So where do you clutch the baby?\NYou clutch them to your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.90,0:20:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't clutch the baby to your knee.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:21.76,0:20:23.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I love my son with all my knee."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.71,0:20:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't say that because we feel it\Nin our knee, we feel it in our chest.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.38,0:20:29.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the very fact\Nthat you put your attention
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.42,0:20:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the center of your chest,\Nor in the heart area
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.73,0:20:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starts to drift you into\Na slightly more positive state.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.33,0:20:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does that make sense?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.28,0:20:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the last thing I want to -\Njust while Neil's impressing you,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:40.24,0:20:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,give you this other bit,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.78,0:20:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so in my view, the biggest myth\Nof performance, I think,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:44.43,0:20:47.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it's something\Nto do with adrenaline.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.49,0:20:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll see this in business or in sport,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.40,0:20:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're not a bit pumped,\Nyou won't perform.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:52.04,0:20:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For that meeting\Nyou've got to be psyched,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.04,0:20:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that exam you've got\Nto be a bit psyched up.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.67,0:21:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You said, "No, no, no, You've got\Nto be relaxed under pressure."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.02,0:21:03.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you've got to be psyched;\Nyou've got to relax.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:03.53,0:21:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get both types of advice,\Nneither is true.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:07.18,0:21:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not about sympathetic activation,\Nor even parasynthetic activation.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.62,0:21:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not about how hot the system is\Nor how cold the system is.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.76,0:21:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's another part of your system\Nwhich really determines your output,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.80,0:21:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is whether you're in\Na negative emotional state.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:23.92,0:21:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, if this is adrenaline,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.19,0:21:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is a chemical\Ncalled Acetylcholine, ACH,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:28.00,0:21:31.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,negative emotion underpinned\Nby the hormone cortisol;
Dialogue: 0,0:21:31.87,0:21:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or positive emotion underpinned\Nby the anabolic hormones
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.65,0:21:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like DHEA, Dehydroepiandrosterone,\Nbanned substance in the Olympics.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:42.62,0:21:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get caught taking\Nthose tablets, you're out,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:45.11,0:21:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they're performance enhancers.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.98,0:21:49.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the States, this is known\Nas the elixir of youth,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:49.47,0:21:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the vitality hormone.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.51,0:21:52.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can get them on the internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.43,0:21:53.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.57,0:21:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DHEA tablets.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:54.72,0:21:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The point is you don't need them.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:01.68,0:22:05.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you heat somebody's system up,\Nyou can heat it up negatively.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.69,0:22:09.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anxiety, anger, frustration.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.49,0:22:11.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or you can heat it up positively.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:22:11.89,0:22:18.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Passion, determination, focus.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.40,0:22:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The heart rate over here\Nis 120, but erratic.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.00,0:22:28.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The heart rate is 120\Nover here, but coherent.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.29,0:22:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both of them have the same heart rate,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:30.14,0:22:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both of them have\Nthe same amount of adrenaline.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:32.39,0:22:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That will impair your performance;\Nthat will enhance your performance.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:35.68,0:22:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Passion is the number one\Npredictor of performance
Dialogue: 0,0:22:38.08,0:22:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across every aspect of life,\Nincluding health.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:41.84,0:22:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're passionate\Nabout something, you do it better.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:44.41,0:22:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It predicts all types of performance.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:46.18,0:22:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Simply, when you cool the system down,\Nrelaxation is not necessarily valuable.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:50.44,0:22:53.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, I've given lectures\Nto some of my medical colleagues,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.42,0:22:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entitled, "Relaxation can kill you."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:58.63,0:23:01.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes lecture titles\Ncan pull the crowd in.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.41,0:23:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it can, because\Nyou can be relaxed and negative.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.65,0:23:10.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So apathy, boredom,\Ndetachment, indifference,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:10.67,0:23:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all those kinds of things.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:23:12.65,0:23:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The heart rate is erratic, averaging 50.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:18.64,0:23:20.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you can be relaxed,\Nand it can be positive.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:20.84,0:23:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So things like contentment, curiosity,\Nequanimity, those kinds of things -
Dialogue: 0,0:23:27.59,0:23:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,heart rate coherent, and 50.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:31.85,0:23:35.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it doesn't really matter\Nwhether the heart rate is 50 or 120.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:35.46,0:23:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What matters is, am I on the left,\Nor am I on the right?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:40.02,0:23:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, the secret really ...
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.86,0:23:48.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you map most organizations,\Nyou'll see a rightward skew,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:49.08,0:23:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people are rightward skewed over here.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:52.14,0:23:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't believe me,\Ngo stand next to the coffee machine,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:55.02,0:23:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you will hear the negative hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:56.69,0:23:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Humming)
Dialogue: 0,0:23:58.50,0:24:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you know what so and so\Nsaid to me yesterday?"
Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.90,0:24:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,," That's outrageous!"
Dialogue: 0,0:24:04.01,0:24:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you bump\Ninto somebody else over here,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:06.22,0:24:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,full of the joys of spring,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:07.73,0:24:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What’s up with you?\NHow dare you be that cheerful?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:10.75,0:24:13.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't realize it's shit - the economy.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:13.39,0:24:16.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:24:17.52,0:24:21.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're trying to drag you\Nback over to here, back to "reality."
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.69,0:24:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as a leader, you really ...
Dialogue: 0,0:24:24.17,0:24:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a large part of the work\Nwe do with folks
Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.48,0:24:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is get them over here,\Nand you live your life over here,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:29.79,0:24:36.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so somebody references Csikszentmihalyi\Nin the zone or the state of flow
Dialogue: 0,0:24:36.17,0:24:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is about being over here.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:39.72,0:24:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how controllable\Nis our emotional performance,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.35,0:24:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've got Neil's point,\Ncan we live our life over here?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:47.00,0:24:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, as you've seen most people\Nhaven't got control of their behavior.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:50.28,0:24:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let alone their thinking;\Nlet alone their feeling;
Dialogue: 0,0:24:52.65,0:24:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let alone their emotional physiology.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:55.22,0:24:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how do you live your life over here?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:57.10,0:24:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where the training comes in,\Nand we've shown in Neil
Dialogue: 0,0:24:59.92,0:25:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when we've taught him\Nhow to regulate his physiology,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:04.93,0:25:06.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's the start point.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.61,0:25:11.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The regulation of the physiology\Nwould get you to the midpoint.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:11.39,0:25:15.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You at least get to the midpoint\Nwith regulating your physiology.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:15.39,0:25:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you'll get to this point\Njust through breathing.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:19.72,0:25:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you learn to breathe properly,\Nyou'll at least get to the midpoint.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:24.86,0:25:25.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How you get over here
Dialogue: 0,0:25:25.94,0:25:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is you've got to learn to regulate\Nwhat emotional state you're in.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:29.04,0:25:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, most people have got\Nno control over that.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.24,0:25:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their emotional state is dependent\Non everything outside of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:34.30,0:25:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not on what's going on the inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:36.73,0:25:38.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you've got to learn
Dialogue: 0,0:25:38.03,0:25:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to train yourself to stay\Non this side of the thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:41.06,0:25:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if you take nothing away,\Nat least you get yourself to the midpoint
Dialogue: 0,0:25:44.75,0:25:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by learning how to breathe properly.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:48.18,0:25:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to help you remember that,\Nthink of "BREATH" as an acronym:
Dialogue: 0,0:25:52.17,0:25:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"B" stands for breath,\N"R" stands for rhythmically,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.27,0:26:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"E" stands for evenly,\NAnd Through the Heart Every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:00.54,0:26:03.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you breathe rhythmically,\Nevenly, and through the heart every day,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:03.93,0:26:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll at least get to the midpoint.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:06.66,0:26:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:07.96,0:26:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)