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Dec 2017
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Drowning in Distraction? Optimize Your M...

Larry Hagner
About this episode

We live in a world where we are drowning in distraction. It seems that everything is fighting for our attention. This causes our minds to become over-stimulated and reactionary.

In our last show, Jim Kwik told us how to run on our superhero brain. In this short episode, I go over the elements he suggested for a morning routine so we can optimize our brain for focus and productivity.

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