Trick Theory
I study the science of what you are actually capable of. I have over a decade experience applying neuroscience to athletes in programs I built for businesses including an Olympic facility, and used all of this to set a world record in an extreme sport. My mission is to help you master learning, avoid burn out and not waste weeks, months or years of effort, so you can be your most capable, adaptable self, and build the life you want.
You are far more capable than you realize.
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What type of skills do want to master? (Feel free to comment with multiple or ALL OF THEM if that's you : )
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Neurons respond significantly better when placed in their optimal challenge point.
Many studies like the Challenge Point Framework (2004), Yerkes–Dodson Law, and studies at many different universities around the world have called this zone by different names.
All independently converged on roughly the same principle:
This area creates the highest amount of “interpretable information," for neurons without them becoming overloaded.
This might be the single most useful tool I've used for myself and students learning anything from parkour to public speaking.
There does seem to be a bit of grace given to us as its more of a zone than a single point.
As I've seen it is a bit of a cliff you fall off of if you go a step to far.
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When I first heard the word “neuroplasticity,” I loved the fact that I could change from speech impediment weirdo...
but it sounded like you "adapt" and lose old aspects of yourself?
But when I got into studying the nervous system, I soon saw...
The brain doesn’t just "change".
It becomes richer, denser, and more capable each time you practice.
So you keep the all skills you had, everything great about you the brain holds onto. While adding new layers and denser connections to them.
Which is one reason learning future skills can become dramatically faster with the same amount of effort.
Neural plasticity happens.
Neural density is what levels up your character instead of you simply "changing".
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Most people aren’t stuck because they lack effort.
Their nervous system is overwhelmed with noise instead of receiving clear signals it can actually learn from.
Train, explore, and go on adventures that challenge you just above your current level. Places where effort still leads to achievement.
After that signal drops off a cliff, the adventure game quickly turns into a horror game as noise takes over.
(For those asking, I made a free mini-series diving deeper into signal vs. noise and how the nervous system actually builds skills.)
myherolabs.com/miniseries
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Your nervous system is constantly listening to the way you talk to yourself.
So me high fiving myself in the mirror with a smolder thinking "It's big brain time" each morning was a good decision.
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I'm Back.
A year and a half ago I was at a cross roads for my future. One of the main businesses I built and directed a program for went back on their word for most everything about my job. Broke all of their promises... The owner decided that my program, that made them a majority of their money at this location, was something they still didn't like... I was still an unwanted outsider, save for all the revenue I made them.
I left. I learned a lot about what it is that I have to give to others that they find valuable.
I bought courses, some utterly fantastic from amazing teachers... while one turned out to be a fake guru. Certain people in my life bullied me for my Batman/science videos etc... I became unsure of what I was doing on this channel and tried something new, throwing away something that was completely mine and served me for years, all because a few people close to me made fun of me for it. And the guru thought I was merely fan service and thought it was icky. None of them actually watched the content.
Yet I have received so many comments time and again from individuals who found them valuable, even uplifting. An old mentor who teaches YouTube even reached out saying "Matt, those old Batman science videos were gold man".
So the crazy test is over, Trick Theory is officially back.
I'll have some other theory style content coming soon as well.
Matthew Jones
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P.S.
If there are types of videos I've done that really resonate with you please let me know in the comments.
Latest Batman science video on one of my biggest lessons just dropped: https://youtu.be/YD3xLqqU7Ds
Love you friends.
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This is how I've felt at times trying to translate neuroscience terms to a 9 year old, and "Goldilocks Zone" sounds better than "I'm overlapping neurological schemas in your Zone of Proxima my dear".
My professor laughed at my term "in a good way I think". 🤔
Anyways, clarity builds capability.
Jargon just builds confused looks.
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When I needed a bit more money to pay for my communication lessons, (and acrobatic private lessons cause I was ambitious!), I ended up working at a dog daycare owned by a friend on the weekends.
It was fun, and fifty barking dogs made me realize I needed to wear hearing protection...
However the skills it paid for transformed my experience of the world. From speech impediment kid to a neuroscience coach, I've gotten the opportunity to do things I always wanted.
One that has become apparent is how skills fundamentally change your experience of the world. And most, if not all, are for are for the taking.
Yes I was flexing a little for that last shot ; )
1 month ago | [YT] | 7
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This is the gatekeeper to skills becoming automatic abilities that lives in your Subcortex.
From experience trying to get yet another cool looking skill, it feels as ruthless as it looks sometimes....
However you can feed this guardian the right meat and allow skills to slide on by without it tearing them to pieces. I go over that in today's video, but I also made a fancy pdf graphic about it you can download if you want to know more.
Fancy Guardian Infographic (no email required ; ) tinyurl.com/yudtx5n8
Grow your abilities!
-Matt
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Just remember...
No matter what evil shows up your friendly neighborhood astrocytes will do their best to save the day. And feed you...
Workout a brain region well and they will become epic at making you epic.
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