

The Habit Mechanic — Train Your Brain for the AI Revolution
Dr. Jon Finn
The Habit Mechanic is a science-based podcast about brain performance in the AI era.As AI reshapes the work humans get paid to do, focus, decision-making, and mental energy are becoming the real constraints on performance. This podcast explores how to optimise your brain’s natural energy patterns — what I call Brain States — so you can do high-value work, work effectively with AI, and sustain performance over time.I’m Dr Jon Finn, a performance consultant with 25 years’ experience working with professionals, leaders, teams, and elite performers across business and sport. Drawing on applied neuroscience, behavioural science, and real-world practice, each episode offers clear thinking and practical tools you can use immediately.If you’re interested in improving cognitive performance, avoiding burnout, and building the habits required to thrive alongside AI — without chasing tools or trends — this podcast is for you.Connect with me at contact@tougherminds.co.uk or visit:https://www.tougherminds.co.uk
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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.

Feb 23, 2024 • 12min
[Refreshed] Quick Hit 9 - How to stay focused in a world of distractions
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 explains how we can start to resist the temptation to become distracted in what he refers to as the 'Attention Economy'. It's a world in which we are faced with a vast array of social media platforms which offers us the instant fun or over simplified solutions to our challenges.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 18, 2024 • 12min
[Refreshed] Quick Hit 8 - do you know your DESTRUCTIVE habits and your SUPER habits?
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 helps us to understand how we can identify our DESTRUCTIVE habits and our SUPER habits.He also explains The Habit Mechanic Manifesto and answers a great question from a listener.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 16, 2024 • 12min
[Refreshed] Quick Hit 7 - the 10 'hidden' factors that can help us improve ANY aspect of our lives
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 short episode, Dr Jon Finn gives a digestible overview of the 10 factors that either SUPERCHARGE or BLOCK our development and growth in any area of our lives. As humans, improving anything requires us to LEARN and the vast majority of people don't know that these hidden factors can help or hinder the learning process.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 11, 2024 • 15min
[Refreshed] Quick Hit 6 - How to PRACTICE being happier and more confident
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, reveals how we can improve any aspect of lives with what he calls focus practice.He also discusses how we sometimes unconsciously practice the wrong things....he calls these DESTRUCTIVE HABITS.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 9, 2024 • 7min
[Refreshed] Quick Hit 5 - BEST diet for BETTER brain health
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 short episode, Dr Jon Finn explains how the right kind of diet can optimise your brain so you have the best chance of feeling better and performing better.He gives a useful overview of the important role played the following nutrients:Complex carbsOmega 3 Fatty AcidsAnti-Oxidents 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 6, 2024 • 35min
Habit Mechanic book for FREE & New ‘Super Habit Boot Camps’
Text us a question and we'll answer it on the podcast...Special Announcement!Listen to this podcast to hear why Dr Jon Finn is making it possible for EVERYONE to get their hands on a FREE physical copy of his best-selling book, The Habit Mechanic.Find out more and get your free physical copy here.

Feb 4, 2024 • 13min
[Refreshed] Quick Hit 4 - 'hidden' scientific insights to help you feel better & be better (learn from the story of a record-breaking runner)
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 short episode, Dr Jon Finn tells the amazing story of the first man in the world to run a sub-four-minute mile, Sir Roger Bannister.He explains how this tale of ground-breaking innovation helped inspire him to develop his Habit Mechanic approach which helps people perform better and feel 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.

Feb 2, 2024 • 29min
[Refreshed] Quick Hit 3 - the nine HIDDEN factors that drive our thoughts and actions
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 reveals nine factors that drive EVERYTHING we think and do. They are hidden BUT Dr. Jon explains how we can begin to get them working in our favour, so we can give our best performance everyday.This episode is based on an article he wrote for Forbes magazine. In the 'Coaching Council' article, he explained how traditional approaches to performance coaching for business (and other contexts) were not developed using insights about how our brains actually work.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.

Jan 28, 2024 • 12min
[Refreshed] Quick Hit 2 - How FAILURE can help you to become GREAT
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 shares his own 'origin' story and explains how failure can be used as a springboard for growth and for accomplishing great things - in ALL spheres of life and work.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.


