6. Lay of the Land
• Human mind = most untapped natural resource
• Humans = living CODE —> programmable
• Neuroplasticity = the brain rewires constantly—>
breaking the habit of being the old YOU
7. The Mind Game
• Success = mind game
• Brain secretes thoughts: + and -
• Brain: velcro for negative
teflon for positive
• Mind = meaning-making machine —>
hello INNER CRITIC!
8. Mindhack #1
• Don’t have to believe all your thoughts
“Nothing can harm you as much as
your own thoughts unguarded”
Gautama Buddha
9. Hacking the habit of being YOU
• Start : where are you?
• Who are you?
• What do you believe?
• and most importantly: What do you DO?
10. New habits = new YOU
• The science of little wins
• celebrate every little new ACTION
• daily little steps create new habits
• new habits = new YOU
11. Hacking COURAGE
• Courage is not an absence of fear.
• Courage = feeling the fear and doing it
ANYWAY
• Courage is a decision
• Are you giving yourself permission to be
courageous?
13. Other people
• Humans = social animals
• Wired for connection
• Other people affect us constantly
• We unconsciously mimic and learn from
others
14. The power of others
• Psychological research: we are the
average of 5 people we spend the
most time with
• Who is programming YOU?
• If it empowering / disempowering?
• Who do you want to program you - a
CHOICE.
15. Social self-hacking
• Chose WHO/HOW/WHY
• WHO programs you
• HOW they program you
• WHY do you allow them to program
16. Hacking the minds of others
• Cut down learning curve
• Ask “How do you…?”
17. Summary
• Confidence comes from DOING
• Hacking confidence:
• Thinking different thoughts
• Deciding to be courageous
• Choosing who programs you
