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Life Ecology Organization THE BRAIN SCIENCE OF SUCCESS, TRUE HAPPINESS AND OPTIMAL

HEALTH TESTIMONIALS

“What I’ve learned has possibly saved my life, literally.”

“Learning about what holds people back is really interesting because most of those things are misunderstood by almost

everyone.”

“I have tried to think about challenges in different ways since we started the LEO Program.”

“My perspective on life has changed. I know which things feed the lower brain and end up harming my potential. I have also

learned that life is great, and that if handled correctly, beauty can be found in any situation.”

“The LEO Program is the only program I have ever come across that takes a holistic and scientific approach to understanding

and transforming yourself to a healthier and happier you.”

“It has changed the way I think. I’ve become an observer of my mind and the way it functions. I’ve become so much more

aware of my subconscious and how it influences my decisions”. – January 2018

“A simple, yet brilliant set of tools to work with your body (instead of against it) to get the best results from tough situations.

This series changed my life”. – January 2018

“The LEO Program has given me enhanced lenses through which I view and approach life events, especially those

unplanned, unwanted events. LEO has also given me some tools through which I can coach myself through stressful

situations, taking note my reactions in a thoughtful way and moving on”.- January 2018

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Lower Brain Higher Brain

Presentation Summary

• Unlimited potential, The WHY of constant growth

• Survival biology, self acceptance, and self distrust

• Three Barriers to excellence in everything

• Six Accelerants for excellence in everything

• Joyful scientist, transformation, teacher

My/Our

Story

Raj@LeoProgram.com

Genesis

of LEO

Raj@LeoProgram.com

No matter where!

Teams

Golf

Webinars

Chronic Pain

LEO Results and Implications

Evidence of LEO Impact

Hamilton Depression Inventory

Zung Self-rating Anxiety

Zung Self-rating Depression Scales

World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF)

Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC)

Ryff Scales of Psychological Well-Being

Golf overall summary

Dramatic improvement in Stress Resistance/resilience

Total team score,

each line is a

tournament

Dramatic improvement in Stress Resistance/resilience

BEFORE

Total team score,

each line is a

tournament

AFTER

This is what your brain can do!

• 100% group level success

• Substantial reduction in anxiety,

depression, fear, and even addiction

• Better work and athletic performance

• 18-22 year olds...

• Highly brain malleable and stress

resistance and resilience quickly

Americans in Crisis (and WHY)

•Depression

•Illegal drug death

•Alcoholism

•Violent death

•Poor engagement

•Political chaos

1.3 million all wars combined over 200 years

1.5 million deaths from guns in past 50 years

40,000 per year illegal drug deaths

Behavior related deaths 1 million PER YEAR

Obesity, alcohol, smoking, violence...

Going to get worse

Caucasian men 30-50

Death as a symptom

Wealthy nation! So WHY?

#1 economy in the world?

China or USA?

#1 USA

China or USA?

#1 USA

China or USA?

What the heck!

Why?

Anxiety!

•Loss of identity

•Rapidly changing world

•Robots, hungry nations,

immigrants

•Every industry getting disrupted

•Healthcare just starting

•Can’t adapt

This is a war!

Revolution?

There is hope!

We need you

First strengthen yourself then teach

The location of the war?

Inside your brain!

What is neuroplasticity?

What is the nervous system?

Nun’s Study

PBS Brain and girl with hemilobectomy

Number memory

Neural Networks

No evidence great because of talent

100% evidence that hours e.g. Mozart

Peak by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool

Neuroplasticity

Scary responsibility?!

We got you!

Our additional suggestions for where

to apply this neuroplasticity ability

and how to make it easier

In Summary…

• Unlimited growth/power

• Never meaningless job/role

• Performance management=

networks you keep

• Easier motivation

• We can ALL grow our neural networks till the day we die!

War! Revolution? The great battle in the brain and the one tool

Lower Brain Higher Brain

10 Lower Brain Problems 10 Higher Brain Gifts

Stress Stress resistant/resilience

ADHD Focus and functional IQ

Addiction Love/peace/joy

Lethargy/depression Optimism/energy

Rigid thinking Creativity

Lost highs/lower brain dominance Emotional openness/self-awareness

Why Lower Brain?

Americans in crisis

30 40 50 60 70+

Average life expectancy for most of human history?

Average life expectancy for most of human history?

30

Cancer Heart

Disease

Exposure Starvation Infection Predators

What were the top 3 causes of death

for most of human history?

Starvation, predators, exposure to elements

What were the top 3 causes of death

for most of human history?

What happens when the food runs

out?

5,000 vs 5,000,000 years

What are the best strategies for

surviving predators, climate and starvation?

What are the best strategies for

surviving predators, climate and starvation?

Knowledge Tools Tribe Cave

Which strategy can deal with all death sources? (Animal Predators, human predators, famine, exposure to elements)

Which strategy can deal with all death sources? (Animal Predators, human predators, famine, exposure to elements)

Hibernation

LB says “I got this”

•“Hibernation”

•Calorie burn + preserve

•New discovery!

Strategy #1

Cortisol=stress=death message

Be careful

Depression and anxiety=survival powers System overload

Science of sensitives

Gluttony Cortisol Hibernate

Sloth Cortisol Hibernate

Lust Dopamine Tribe

Greed Dopamine Resources

Wrath Adrenaline Status and Resources

Envy Dopamine Status

Pride Dopamine Status

Information Dopamine Resources

Communication Dopamine Tribe

Thinking Dopamine, Cortisol, Adrenaline Everything

Social Dopamine and Oxytocin Tribe

Strategy #2

Seven Eleven Deadly sins

Strategy #3

• Hormones (cortisol, oxytocin)

• Neurotransmitters (dopamine, serotonin, GABA, adrenaline)

• Now >>>Automatic

Bike Video

Automatic=No Trust

Decision Making

• Students

• Mates

• Consumption

Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior

Leonard Mlodinow

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

Strategy #4

Why are we addicted to judgement?

Strategy #5

Fear

Trust

Narrow

Lower Brain Tricks

Strategy

1. Cortisol

2. NT + hormones

1. Pride

3. Automaticity

4. Judgement

5. Fear

The Triangle of Doom in Action Introducing the Lower brain!

(Judgment)

(Fear + Automatic)

(Amplify)

(Pride + Deadly Sins)

(Stress)

A.I. problem is here, right now, inside us!

• Lower Brain colliding with modern world

• Too much dopamine, cortisol, thinking

• Anxiety, depression, fear, FOMO, addiction

• Best Buy and life

• **Don’t beat yourself up

• Have fun cracking your code

• Get ready for code cracking tools!

Takeaways so far…

• American society in crisis

• The war within and vital role of managers

• Your unlimited potential

• The one great tool: HB vs LB

• DON’T BE SO HARD ON YOURSELF AND OTHERS

• DON’T TRUST YOURSELF

• It’s you against your robot

• Must become a scientist

• Growth mindset=FUN

• Start launching tools!

• Life is never boring, always meaningful (6 v 3)

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with

the song still in them.

Henry David Thoreau

Lower Brain Higher Brain

Why HB Activate?

HB

Raining dopamine

above with network sparking!

LB

Rollercoaster dopamine

with suffering as external dependent

Happiness Levels

Go ahead and get high! Sin vs addiction trade vs turtle

Individual

Empowerment

Group

Empowerment Organization

Empowerment

Resilience Fearless Fulfilled

At the level of

Q&A

Back to the tricky devil, Lower Brain

So what do we about this Lower

Brain problem?

Setting the stage for brain empowerment

• Irritation scenario

• Prompting list

• Tool applied to the scenario

• Change feeling/reaction?

• Repeat

Uncomfortable situations to master

• Expressing your emotions

• Not being smartest person in the room

• Feedback received

• Feedback delivered and negative response

• Gossip and bragging

• Accountability (self or others)

• Creative risk taking including offering ideas

• Challenging other’s ideas

Practice!

• FEEL it in your mind, heart, and gut

• Label as LB and avoid temporary depression and

anxiety

• Stay HB in dealing

The Triangle of Doom in Action

The Triangle of Doom in Action

Mindfulness on Steroids

PDA

• Pause and delay

• Ask the questions

• Life or death?

• Food on the table?

• What should I do?

• What negative emotion?

• OUCH?

Is it important to feel good about yourself?

The Triangle of Doom in Action

Visual of “good” outcome

Normal

Outcome realized “chasing the high”

Normal

Outcome not realized

Normal

Unexpected “good”

Normal

Don’t Get on The Rollercoaster

Pride, pleasure, pain

• Nucleus Accumbens

• Dopamine trickery

• Amazing instant addiction ability

• Avoid pleasure and pride expectations

• Avoid the roller coaster

• Success is luck argument

• Gratitude not pride or pleasure

The Triangle of Doom in Action

Breath!

The Triangle of Doom in Action

Addicted to Judgement?

“There is nothing either good or bad, but

thinking makes it so”

-Shakespeare

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed

under CC BY-SA

No Bad

• No bad people

• No bad situation (self story, dopamine trick)

• No bad self, Best Buy

• Unlimited, stable, higher highs above

• The Six

The Triangle of Doom in Action

Gratitude in a new light

Build your own mental checklist of

gratitude

Visualize your difficult scenario and

imagine seeing/feeling your gratitude

checklist at the same time

HB activation in general

• Power of meditation

• Parts of the brain

• Scientific definition

• Broad=unintimidating

• Accelerant for the virtuous cycle of HB>LB

• Time and quality as with everything

Deep

Meditation

Chapter 15: Deep Meditation

Diagram 25: Concentrative meditation

Diagram 26: Non-directive meditation

Scientist of Self

• From no shame/guilt/pride to only beauty always

• Shame/guilt/pride=SCM hides you

• Self-awareness + self-acceptance + self-scientist + self-engineer

• Stress resistance/resilience

• Fearless accountability, growth, and innovation

• All networks growing=rich life

Practical suggestions to become a self scientist

• Journal, journal, journal

• Tools of Titans

• Accountability partners-as many as possible

• Measure

• Process not personal

• Once the pump is primed...

Good to Great

Leadership

Difficult conversations

Decision making

Analysis

Innovation

Customer service

Anything!

Anything= Process= Neural network

Genius anyone?

Peak by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool

Accelerant

(Increased HB)

Barriers

(Decreased LB)

• Fear of Unknown (Basal Ganglia)

• FOMO/Pleasure Addiction (Nucleus Accumbens)

• Pride/Social Status Addiction (Nucleus

Accumbens)

• Connection-Empathy/Trust Networks (MPFC + BG)

• Creative- Cortical Networks (Cerebral Cortex)

• Champion- Focus Networks (LPFC)

• Celebrate- Joy/Love Networks (Insula, ACC)

• Content- Peace Networks (MPFC)

• Command – Self Mastery Networks (MPFC + BG)

Total Fulfillment with Fearless Creativity and Growth

Connection-Empathy/Trust Networks (MPFC + BG)

Creative- Cortical Networks (Cerebral Cortex)

Champion- Focus Networks (LPFC)

Celebrate- Joy/Love Networks (Insula, ACC)

Content- Peace Networks (MPFC)

Command – Self Mastery Networks (MPFC + BG)

Fear of Unknown (Basal Ganglia)

FOMO/Pleasure Addiction (Nucleus Accumbens)

Pride/Social Status Addiction (Nucleus Accumbens)

“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it;

Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.”

-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Get high from above!

The joy of a learning organization (community)

• Easier management

• No high like winning together

• We love to learn

• Accelerates growth

• Security/competitive advantage

• Replicate model throughout life

• Engagement

• Increased top line

• Accountability

• Increased bottom line

The Triangle of Doom in Action

5 I’s and the power of non-thinking

• Inquiry

• Iteration

• Intuition

• Inspiration

• Integration

The Triangle of Doom in Action

3 D’s

Discomfort

Data

Design

• Growth mindset- no rollercoaster

• Resistant/resilient to stress

• Open Higher Brain networks

• Widen which networks

• Together = social networks

• Holistic/hope

Growth Summary

• All areas of life

• Creative joy

• Engagement

• Excellent

• Agile on steroids

• Joy of agile

• Complete brain

• Complete team

• Social transformation

• Social responsibility on steroids

• Joy of mentoring

+

Solution is not to withdraw

• Stop the LB

• Increase stress resilience and resistance

• Grow those networks

• Creatively and growth fearless

• Fulfilled

• Repeat

Surprises of Brain Science Empowerment Tools

#1 Unlimited Growth, thoughts, quick

#2 NP+HB vs LB= profound

#3 Depression, anxiety…

#4 Pride+ FOMO+ Auto=Can’t trust self

#5 LB destructive but stoppable

#1 Dream big

#2 “Am I HB or LB right now”

#3 Compassion for self/others

#4 Self acceptance + scientist

#6 Gratitude=LB avoidance

#7 HB activation is the best action possible

#5 PDA, breath, OUCH, avoid 3 P’s, No bad, false

story PRACTICE!

#6 Gratitude checklist neuro-network

#7 HB v LB, time, quality

#8 Learning organizations to thrive #8 Build psychologically safe and courageous teams

#9 Get high from the inside #9 Shrink 3 LB networks expand 6 HB networks

• Raj before/after story

• Am Fam story

• Testimonials=hope

• Life is never ordinary (6 v3)

• Leadership and

organizations=game

• Fulfillment saves the world

Thank

You

Raj@LeoProgram.com

Q&A

Life Ecology Organization THE BRAIN SCIENCE OF SUCCESS, TRUE HAPPINESS AND OPTIMAL

HEALTH TESTIMONIALS

“What I’ve learned has possibly saved my life, literally.”

“Learning about what holds people back is really interesting because most of those things are misunderstood by almost

everyone.”

“I have tried to think about challenges in different ways since we started the LEO Program.”

“My perspective on life has changed. I know which things feed the lower brain and end up harming my potential. I have also

learned that life is great, and that if handled correctly, beauty can be found in any situation.”

“The LEO Program is the only program I have ever come across that takes a holistic and scientific approach to understanding

and transforming yourself to a healthier and happier you.”

“It has changed the way I think. I’ve become an observer of my mind and the way it functions. I’ve become so much more

aware of my subconscious and how it influences my decisions”. – January 2018

“A simple, yet brilliant set of tools to work with your body (instead of against it) to get the best results from tough situations.

This series changed my life”. – January 2018

“The LEO Program has given me enhanced lenses through which I view and approach life events, especially those

unplanned, unwanted events. LEO has also given me some tools through which I can coach myself through stressful

situations, taking note my reactions in a thoughtful way and moving on”.- January 2018