• The Habit Mechanic - Fine-Tune your Brain & Supercharge how you Live, Work, & Lead

  • By: Dr. Jon Finn
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The Habit Mechanic - Fine-Tune your Brain & Supercharge how you Live, Work, & Lead

By: Dr. Jon Finn
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  • I'm Dr. Jon Finn, best-selling author of 'The Habit Mechanic' (https://geni.us/TheHabitMechanic) and founder the award-winning Tougher Minds consultancy (https://www.tougherminds.co.uk) and the Habit Mechanic University app (https://www.tougherminds.co.uk/habit-mechanic-app/). I have three psychology related degrees and have worked in performance psychology for over 20 years. I started in elite sport (working with world-class athletes and coaches). I now also work with some of the biggest businesses in the world. In this podcast, I share my expertise about how you and your team can use insights from cutting-edge science and elite sport to fulfil your potential in our challenging world. I provide simple and practical tips, tools and techniques to help you develop Resilience, become an outstanding Leader, and create World-Class teams. If you ever have any questions just drop me an email here: jonfinn@tougherminds.co.uk
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Episodes
  • Train Your Brain for the AI Revolution (2/6)- How to Measure Your Brain States
    Apr 17 2025

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    Unlocking peak mental performance in the AI era requires understanding exactly how your brain functions throughout the day. In this enlightening episode, Dr. Jon Finn reveals the first critical step of the Success Cycle—measuring your brain states—and explains why this skill will become humanity's most valuable asset.

    Your brain operates like a solar-powered lighthouse, cycling through three distinct states: Recharge (recovery mode), Medium Charge (routine task mode), and High Charge (premium performance mode). Most professionals achieve only 1-2 hours of high-impact work daily, with the rest consumed by routine tasks. But by understanding your brain's natural rhythms and optimizing them, you can consistently achieve 5-6+ hours of high-impact work while actually working less overall.

    Dr. Finn introduces the Human AI Readiness Brain State Assessment, a proven tool measuring fifteen key dimensions of your cognitive performance. Your score reveals your current profile: Cross-to-Bear (losing 4-5 hours of premium thinking daily), Jagged Jewel (losing 2-4 hours), or Arrowhead (losing 1-3 hours). This measurement forms the foundation upon which the entire Success Cycle builds.

    Traditional approaches to improving performance fall dramatically short in the AI era. A comprehensive study of over 52,000 people showed that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy—considered the gold standard—fails to produce meaningful improvement for 58% of participants. The fundamental problem? These approaches focus on providing knowledge rather than building habits, when research shows 98-100% of human behavior comes from habits, not from knowing what we should do.

    The Success Cycle offers something fundamentally different—a systematic approach based on a proprietary nine-factor habit mechanic system. Just as sports science revolutionized athletics by revealing the science behind peak physical performance, understanding brain states will transform how we work with AI. Ready to measure your brain states and begin optimizing your performance? This episode gives you everything you need to take that crucial first step.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Train Your Brain for the AI Revolution (1/6): The Hidden Problem No One’s Talking About
    Apr 7 2025

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    🎧Listen to the FULL ‘Train Your Brain for the AI Revolution’ audiobook for free 👉 here

    💪More details on our Resilience and Cognitive Performance Coaching and training 👉 here

    Hello, Habit Mechanics — Dr. Jon Finn here. In this special 6-part series, I’m unpacking my brand-new book Train Your Brain for the AI Revolution: The Proven Four-Step System to Become Irreplaceable (No Tech Skills Required).

    In this first episode, I reveal the hidden Brain State problem that’s quietly sabotaging performance in the AI era. You’ll hear the first 7 chapters of the audiobook, plus exclusive commentary on how to master your Brain States — the key to unlocking focus, energy, and long-term success in an AI-augmented world.

    Whether you’ve read the book or you’re just curious, this series will give you powerful, practical tools to stay ahead — at work, in life, and with AI.

    What you’ll learn in this episode:

    • Why Brain State mastery is now the #1 human superpower
    • What makes our coaching system the "Dyson of performance coaching"
    • How to apply our proven 4-step brain-based system (including tools like the 3-to-1 Reflection)
    • Why brain-smart teams will win the AI race
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • How to become a Human-AI Coach (Part 3)
    Mar 1 2025

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    🎧Listen to the FULL ‘Train Your Brain for the AI Revolution’ BOOK for free 👉 here

    In this third and final episode of our mini-series on how to become a Human-AI Coach, Dr. Jon Finn dives into the critical role of creating Brain State Intelligent Cultures in organizations.

    Building on concepts from his book Train Your Brain for the AI Revolution, Dr. Finn explores why businesses are struggling to extract value from AI investments—not because of the technology itself, but because of cognitive overload in their people.

    He explains how organizations can succeed by focusing on Brain State optimization, and why a Brain State Intelligent Culture will be the key to thriving in the AI era.

    Drawing parallels to Lean Six Sigma, Dr. Finn presents a systematic approach for organizations to cultivate high-performing cultures where both humans and AI tools work together seamlessly.

    Listen as he outlines the nine essential factors for creating this transformation and how businesses can position themselves as pioneers in this new era of cognitive performance.

    Don’t miss this crucial episode to understand how you can lead the charge in creating organizations that are not just AI-driven, but human-centered—and how becoming a Human-AI Coach can help individuals and organizations unlock their full potential.

    Tune in now!

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    32 mins
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