Your twenties are supposed to be “the best years of your life,” right? But no one tells you how confusing, overwhelming, and straight-up weird they can be. There are things we only learn the hard way, sometimes after a few missteps, sometimes after a full-on identity crisis in a grocery store parking lot. In this episode, I reflect on five lessons that would've saved me a lot of time, a few black eyes (literally), and more than one painfully awkward date.

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We’ve all met that person, the one who’s two green smoothies deep into the new year and already telling everyone how their “new routine” is going to change their life. But the problem is that talking about your goals can feel almost as good as achieving them. And that’s exactly the trap. In this episode, I unpack why announcing your ambitions too early might be sabotaging your progress, how false dopamine rewards keep us stuck in the planning phase, and why the most disciplined people usually say the least.

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Have you ever sat down to get something done and felt like your brain forgot to show up to the meeting? Like there’s a thick haze between you and your thoughts, sluggish, scattered, stuck in neutral? Yeah… same. Brain fog isn’t just a quirky phrase, it’s a real, frustrating state that creeps in quietly and overstays its welcome. And in a world built to hijack your focus and drain your energy, it’s no surprise that so many of us are experiencing it. In this episode, I dig into three surprisingly overlooked reasons you might be stuck in the fog, three practical ways to cut through it, and why the fix might not be another productivity hack or nootropic supplement.

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Episode resources:

• Rewiring Your Brain For Focus

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If you’re looking to completely transform your life, you don’t need to overhaul everything overnight. In fact, the most meaningful changes often come from the smallest shifts, the kind that take 10 seconds or less but pay dividends over time. In this episode, I break down the small habits I’ve added over the years that have led to major shifts in my health, mindset, and productivity.

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Past guests on The Motivated Mind include Chris Voss, Captain Sandy, Dr. Chris Palmer, Joey Thurman, Jason Harris, Koshin Paley Ellison, Rudy Mawer, Molly Fletcher, Kristen Butler, Hasard Lee, Natasha Graziano, ⁠David Hauser⁠, Cheryl Hunter, Michael Brandt, Heather Moyse, Tim Shriver, and Alan Stein, Jr.

We’ve normalized debt, student loans, car payments, credit cards, and convinced ourselves it’s just the cost of adulthood. But what if it’s actually the biggest barrier to the life you want? In this episode, I break down why most of us are drowning in consumer debt, how we got here, and what it really takes to climb out.

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Episode resources:

• 100 books that have shaped my thinking the most

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There are moments when sitting down to do something meaningful feels physically uncomfortable, like your brain is actively protesting. You open your laptop with the best intentions, and five minutes later, you’re in a black hole of browser tabs, group chats, and a suspicious number of snack breaks. Why is it so hard to focus, especially on the stuff that actually matters? In this episode, I unpack the science behind that resistance, why our brains crave distraction, how dopamine has hijacked our motivation system, and why chasing pleasure might be the exact thing pulling us away from purpose.

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Most self-help advice makes me cringe. Vision boards, “manifesting,” and the whole daily affirmation thing? Yeah, I’ve always put that in the woo-woo category. But lately, I’ve been stuck in my head, wrestling with self-doubt, perfectionism, and the classic case of overthinking everything. So I decided to try something that made me deeply uncomfortable: staring at myself in the mirror and saying things like “I am enough.” And no, I didn’t spontaneously combust from secondhand embarrassment. In this episode, I test daily affirmations for a week, even the corny ones, and rope my wife into writing a few that are, well, questionable at best.

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Ever stared at your to-do list and felt like it was staring back, daring you to make the first move? You’re not lazy. Your brain’s just doing what it was built to do: avoid discomfort, conserve energy, and protect you from anything that feels even slightly threatening, like starting that massive project you’ve been putting off for months. In this episode, I break down one of the simplest yet most effective ways to bypass your brain’s panic button and finally get started: The 5 Minute Rule.

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Past guests on The Motivated Mind include Chris Voss, Captain Sandy, Dr. Chris Palmer, Joey Thurman, Jason Harris, Koshin Paley Ellison, Rudy Mawer, Molly Fletcher, Kristen Butler, Hasard Lee, Natasha Graziano, ⁠David Hauser⁠, Cheryl Hunter, Michael Brandt, Heather Moyse, Tim Shriver, and Alan Stein, Jr.