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#39: The Moment You Own It Dynamism Biohack Podcast: How to Make the Right Nutritious Choices Despite Conflicting Expert Opinions
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In this training We’re going to learn what optimism really means and what the world’s leading researchers teach about the science of optimal human performance. We’re going to learn what science reveals about how the brain responds when under pressure.Listen, if you’re serious about improving your health, living pain-free or you just don’t want to be sick anymore, here’s how to find out if I can help you. Call us at 219-769-5433, mention this show and we can begin together to find out today!I discuss:* Optimism is the belief that good things will happen* A Dynamic person uses “fact checking” to assess their predominant thinking about a given challenge* The Zen Meditation StudyI am really excited to start you on this journey and I hope to add a lot of value to your life as a whole.Show Transcript:Nutrition is remarkable in its ability to have people with completely opposite views saying they have science to support completely opposite views.Frustrating isn’t it? What are we suppose to believe?Welcome to Dynamism Biohack, my name is Dr. Matt Hammett Wellness & Nutrition Expert, Lifestyle Trainer and Movement Enthusiast. In each week I’m going share with you how to make the right nutritious choices despite conflicting expert opinions where I help you to discover how to unlock your inner aborigine or your inner greatness. Thank you for spending this time with me today, so let’s get into the training.OPTIMISM IS THE BELIEF THAT GOOD THINGS will happen. Negative events are only temporary and local. Most importantly, optimistic people understand that their behavior matters in the face of a challenge.They are Dynamic people using their conscious choice. Pessimism is the belief that adverse events are permanent and pervasive. Pessimists believe that behaviors do not matter in creating a positive outcome. They are prone to use the cliché phrase, “it is genetic” in most situations. They have Caged people trapped behind the bars of their making.Choice optimism, however, is rational optimism; it is taking a realistic assessment of the present moment while maintaining a positive outlook and the belief that we can triumph over any challenge.And that leads us to Dynamism Biohack: The Moment You Own It.An example of this comes from my life while I was in post-graduate school. I became friends with an exchange student from South Korea, who was shy and nervous around girls. He had little self-confidence and one day I asked him why. After he had pointed to a few pimples on his face, his answer was that he was ugly.Now, my friend was a vegetarian with lean muscle; I am certain he was not ugly. For him, he was so focused on the negativity of his Caged version of himself that he energetically radiated negativity; thus, low energy to most people who met him. One day he commented about a girl he liked, but she always seemed nervous, moving away so quickly that my friend took it personally. I gave him a quick lesson in rational optimism and suggested that maybe she, too, was nervous. I suggested, “Change the approach and view yourself as a handsome, lean man who is expressing interest in making a new friend.”I then told him to act it out in front of a mirror, or even videotape himself acting as he was rehearsing for a play, paying attention to the descriptions in the muscles of his face, the wrinkles, the brightness of his eyes, the various expressions he wanted to display, etc. Long story short, he got the girl! It is always fantastic what a dose of choice optimism can do in the face of any challenge.In the above example with my South Korean friend, I illustrated a story about choice optimism. I asked him a question that turned everything around. Did you catch that? I used what psychologist call, “fact checking.
In this training We’re going to learn what optimism really means and what the world’s leading researchers teach about the science of optimal human performance. We’re going to learn what science reveals about how the brain responds when under pressure.Listen, if you’re serious about improving your health, living pain-free or you just don’t want to be sick anymore, here’s how to find out if I can help you. Call us at 219-769-5433, mention this show and we can begin together to find out today!I discuss:* Optimism is the belief that good things will happen* A Dynamic person uses “fact checking” to assess their predominant thinking about a given challenge* The Zen Meditation StudyI am really excited to start you on this journey and I hope to add a lot of value to your life as a whole.Show Transcript:Nutrition is remarkable in its ability to have people with completely opposite views saying they have science to support completely opposite views.Frustrating isn’t it? What are we suppose to believe?Welcome to Dynamism Biohack, my name is Dr. Matt Hammett Wellness & Nutrition Expert, Lifestyle Trainer and Movement Enthusiast. In each week I’m going share with you how to make the right nutritious choices despite conflicting expert opinions where I help you to discover how to unlock your inner aborigine or your inner greatness. Thank you for spending this time with me today, so let’s get into the training.OPTIMISM IS THE BELIEF THAT GOOD THINGS will happen. Negative events are only temporary and local. Most importantly, optimistic people understand that their behavior matters in the face of a challenge.They are Dynamic people using their conscious choice. Pessimism is the belief that adverse events are permanent and pervasive. Pessimists believe that behaviors do not matter in creating a positive outcome. They are prone to use the cliché phrase, “it is genetic” in most situations. They have Caged people trapped behind the bars of their making.Choice optimism, however, is rational optimism; it is taking a realistic assessment of the present moment while maintaining a positive outlook and the belief that we can triumph over any challenge.And that leads us to Dynamism Biohack: The Moment You Own It.An example of this comes from my life while I was in post-graduate school. I became friends with an exchange student from South Korea, who was shy and nervous around girls. He had little self-confidence and one day I asked him why. After he had pointed to a few pimples on his face, his answer was that he was ugly.Now, my friend was a vegetarian with lean muscle; I am certain he was not ugly. For him, he was so focused on the negativity of his Caged version of himself that he energetically radiated negativity; thus, low energy to most people who met him. One day he commented about a girl he liked, but she always seemed nervous, moving away so quickly that my friend took it personally. I gave him a quick lesson in rational optimism and suggested that maybe she, too, was nervous. I suggested, “Change the approach and view yourself as a handsome, lean man who is expressing interest in making a new friend.”I then told him to act it out in front of a mirror, or even videotape himself acting as he was rehearsing for a play, paying attention to the descriptions in the muscles of his face, the wrinkles, the brightness of his eyes, the various expressions he wanted to display, etc. Long story short, he got the girl! It is always fantastic what a dose of choice optimism can do in the face of any challenge.In the above example with my South Korean friend, I illustrated a story about choice optimism. I asked him a question that turned everything around. Did you catch that? I used what psychologist call, “fact checking.
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