When the brain is weak, the output will be meek. One finding in our survey of 2,000 entrepreneurs was unexpected, but is blindingly obvious in hindsight: 57 to 65 percent of those experiencing brain fog were easily distracted, often procrastinated, lost their train of thought, and felt overwhelmed and sad, and were also experiencing food cravings.

and cortisol, which sets off a cascade of internal processes, including increased respiration, fast heartbeat, and blood vessel dilation in the arms and legs, which triggers our digestive system to increase our bloodstream glucose levels to deal with the emergency. Once the emergency is over, everything returns to normal.4 However, if it continues

prevent you from reaching your goals. Strategic planning, mindset, and willpower are essential for one’s ability to think and compete on the job and in life. These factors can make one a legitimate competitor. However, biochemistry, which fuels one’s endurance and tenacity, provides the speed to succeed. We tend to automatically assume that we’re

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Entrepreneur magazine in which I would go on a 90-day mission to biohack my mind and body and develop a plan anyone could use based on what I discovered from biohackers, neuroscientists, doctors, psychologists, and more. This didn’t just mean getting better; it meant continuing to optimize and upgrade my performance. To do so, I had to ask the same

couldn’t work out why. I was trapped! I couldn’t escape, and I certainly couldn’t take on a full-time job as I was barely getting through the day. My resume would have read, “Proactive worker who naps a lot.” In 2017, I packed my bags and flew to America. You see, I knew I had the capacity in me for more, but for some reason someone had changed the

Our capacity for success is limited by who we believe ourselves to be, to the degree our biochemistry allows us to be it. We hold various identities throughout our lives: mother, father, brother, sister, entrepreneur, employee. But what about an identity that allows us to unlock our potential and live a life unleashed? We need to evolve into a

development books, listened to podcasts, or participated in coaching or therapy just to end up right back where you started? No amount of willpower can unlock this dilemma for you. Our “hustle until you die” culture that applauds those who work themselves into an early grave would peg you as weak-minded. They would say, “You’re just making excuses!

deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and other conditions are at the extreme spectrum end of abnormally low dopamine levels. In other words, is social media addiction a result of lower dopamine levels due to stress and the modern world we now live in? Excuses, procrastination, and brain fog are possible symptoms of deficient levels of dopamine,