James Garrett

Original audio Be the first to Most people try to generate confidence with affirmations. That’s backward. You can tell yourself “I’ve got this” all day—but if your brain doesn’t have evidence, it quietly calls BS. Real confidence can be reverse-engineered—and once you see how, the whole game changes. In this short video, I break down: -Why affirmations collapse without behavioral proof -Where confidence actually comes from -How small wins stack into self-efficacy, persistence, and real confidence This isn’t hype. It’s science-help, not self-help. If confidence has ever felt fragile or inconsistent, this will land. Unmute below to learn more. And don't forget to join us every Wednesday at 4pm for The Science-Help Show to join the most interesting conversation on the Internet --> brainbydesign.com/science-help-s… -- Follow --> @Brain_by_Design Follow --> @Brain_by_Design Follow --> @Brain_by_Design And don't forget to join our weekly newsletter for free weekly brain hacks: brainbydesign.com/newsletter-sub… -- #sciencehelp #brainbydesign #jamesgarrett #neuroplasticity #brain #habits #psychology

It's not uncommon to think we're stuck with the brain we were born with. But what if you could get your brain to be as sponge-like as a kid's brain? Learning fast like they do. Being flexible, creative, and fun (like they are). If you understand the relationship between your attentional muscle and your ability to rewire your brain... You can access deep, hidden potential. In fact, it's this central skill set -- to become your own neural architect -- that is at the heart of becoming who you were meant to be on this planet. Scientists call it "self-directed neuroplasticity," and if you can learn how to master it, it will change your life. It's changed mine. Unmute this video below to learn more. -- Follow --> @Brain_by_Design Follow --> @Brain_by_Design Follow --> @Brain_by_Design -- Enjoy the video? Join our weekly newsletter for free weekly brain hacks: brainbydesign.com/newsletter-sub… -- #sciencehelp #brainbydesign #jamesgarrett #neuroplasticity #brain #habits #psychology

There is so much out there about how we should never quit. Occasional quitting may not only be necessary... But caring too much about what others will think of us if we do quit... Might have us wrapped around the wrong idea or a failing strategy. It's our ability to let go of what others think of us that frees us to think clearly... And yes, to occasionally quit (or at least pivot). Unmute the video below to learn more. -- Enjoy the video? Join our weekly newsletter for free weekly brain hacks: brainbydesign.com/newsletter-sub… -- #sciencehelp #brainbydesign #jamesgarrett #discomfort #brain #neuroplasticity #psychology

For the last 10 years, I've known that there was a massive shift coming in the self-help industry... I've felt it in thousands of conversations I've had... And have watched it play out in what people are now listening to, gravitating toward, and what they're hungry for. Science-Help is the new Self-Help. But it's not here to replace it. Our vision is far bigger than that. We're here to say to our friends in the self-help space...bring all the awesomeness you have, and see if a sprinkle of science can make it even better. Because personal growth isn't about taking sides or whose team you're on. If you're truly committed to human transformation, it's about all of us. This is a big tent. And all are welcome. So jump on board. Bring a Friend. And join us this Wednesday at 4PM ET --> brainbydesign.com/science-help-s… Let's see where the journey takes you! We're excited to have you along for the ride! James -- #sciencehelp #letsgo #habits #motivation #brainbydesign

Is there a difference between courage and confidence? The answer may surprise you... And don't forget to join our upcoming Confidence Challenge, Sept 15th - 19th. brainbydesign.com/the-confidence… We're going to grow your courage muscle. And that courage will transform into genuine confidence. Join us Monday!

You don't need a 6-Pack. You need a 3-Pack. There's a science to building confidence... And it begins with The Confidence 3 Pack. You gotta get... 1) Your Habits Right 2) Your Head Right 3) Your Healing Right You see, brains have an exquisitely fine-tuned BS detector. ...and if you don't build your confidence by getting the foundation right... Your brain simply won't let you feel confident. Because it knows it's not real. Unmute below to unlock the Scientific 3-Pack of Confidence. And don't forget to join our upcoming Confidence Challenge, Sept 15th - 19th. brainbydesign.com/the-confidence… We're going to unlock your ability to fail and learn, rather than fail and feel bad. Fear of failure is what holds people back from going after their goals. On Sept. 15th, we'll crush your fear of failure. Join us. Follow --> @brain_by_design Follow --> @brain_by_design Follow --> @brain_by_design

Procrastination is deadly. But so is overpreparing. Each trap is a mirror of the other... And both suggest that there may be something deeper going on... If you've ever found yourself putting something off... Or going over and over something again and again... Unmute below to understand how the impostor cycle might be keeping you stuck in a loop! And don't forget to join our upcoming Confidence Challenge Sept. 15th - 19th. brainbydesign.com/the-confidence… If you've ever stopped yourself because of the fear of failure, this week's for you! Follow --> @brain_by_design Follow --> @brain_by_design Follow --> @brain_by_design

Sometimes building confidence is easier than we make it. Whether it's keeping a "3 Wins Journal"... Saying, "Thank you, I appreciate that"... Or banishing "Upspeak" once and for all... Click below to unlock these three brain hacks to instantly boost your confidence! And don't forget to join our upcoming Confidence Challenge Sept. 15th - 19th. Click here to join --> brainbydesign.com/the-confidence… We'll be diving deep into how to eliminate the fear of failure. You won't want to miss it!

Ready to put rocket fuel in your confidence? Try a dose of self-compassion. This is perhaps one of the most counterintuitive strategies I've seen. But the science shows that it works. And the reason it works is not what you expect. Click below to discover why self-compassion is a catalyst for bottomless confidence. I wouldn't have believed this if I hadn't seen the science. And don't forget to join us next week to learn how to become "Failure Proof." We're launching our fourth Confidence Challenge with a twist -- how to handle, overcome, and turn failure into fuel. Even if you came over the summer, you're not going to want to miss this next week! Click here to register: brainbydesign.com/the-confidence…

There's one skill set... That will unlock the life you want. Most people think it's something you're born with. It's not. It's something you develop. And there's rock-solid science for how to grow it. Unmute below to find out why "discomfort tolerance" is turning personal growth on its head... Next Monday, we’re kicking off our free 5-day Confidence Challenge. It’s science-based. It's simple. And it works. This isn't self-help. It's science-help. Join here → brainbydesign.com/the-confidence… See what happens when you stop holding back.

When it comes to confidence, we get it exactly backward. (Click Link to join "The Confidence Challenge" starting June 9th! - us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…) We wait to feel confident before we take action. But the science of confidence has shown... That the only way to feel more confident is to take action first... And let confidence follow. Action is the fuel of confidence. And the habit that changes everything is to do it when you're not feeling confident. This messes with our minds because we assume that confident people must always feel confident. Otherwise, how could they do all those amazing things? In reality, they're often just as scared of you... But they've somehow managed to create a habit of taking action regardless of how they feel. This is the big differentiator. Unmute the video to learn how to do it in your own life. (And don't forget to join "The Confidence Challenge" starting June 9th - us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…) -- Follow --> @Brain_by_Design Follow --> @Brain_by_Design Follow --> @Brain_by_Design #confidence #motivation #confidenceboost #brain #brainhacks #brainbydesign #jamesgarrett #selfimprovement #psychology #sciencehelp

Confidence is born in overcoming discomfort. Anxiety is born in avoiding discomfort. When you look across the thousands of articles that have been published over the last 45 years on anxiety... There is one clear message: With anxiety, the only way out is through. In other words, the more we avoid the thing we're anxious about... The more anxious we become. But we can flip that on its head and become confident in areas that used to make us anxious. In geeky academic speak, it's called "exposure." It's the one thing that can flip your reticence into commitment... Your procrastination into action... Your anxiety into confidence. But according to famed psychologist Albert Bandura, there are better and worse ways to go about it. Unmute the video below to learn how to grow your confidence. -- Join us June 9th–13th for a free 5-day Confidence Challenge: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… Where you’ll learn the real, science-backed system for building lasting confidence. No hype. No hacks. Just powerful daily actions that rewire your brain for self-trust, push you out of your comfort zone, and help you finally go after what you really want. Register now and start mastering the skill set that changes everything: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… -- #confidence #anxiety #motivation #confidenceboost #brain #brainhacks #brainbydesign #jamesgarrett #selfimprovement #psychology #sciencehelp

Brains are exquisitely good... at getting us out of uncomfortable situations. The problem is that without discomfort, there is no growth... Without growth, there is no confidence... And -- as the famed scientist Dr. Richard Petty says -- "Confidence is the stuff that turns thoughts into action." The problem is that discomfort needs a nudge. Without making discomfort FUN, the brain naturally wants to give up. In fact, one of the main jobs of your "orbitofrontal cortex" is to keep track of how fun things are... And then to only repeat the fun stuff! Yup -- that's right. If it isn't fun, your brain is out. So if you're interested in living a growth-filled, confidence-infused, meaning-rich life... You've got to figure out how to make getting out of your comfort zone feel fun... We've built a powerful tool to help you do just that. Unmute the video below to learn how. (We've also built a 2-pager that explains more. Comment "Yes" below for the link.) -- Follow --> @brain_by_design Follow --> @brain_by_design Follow --> @brain_by_design Click link below for free weekly brain hacks! brainbydesign.com/newsletter-sub… -- #confidence #dqgame #discomfortquotient #comfortzone #motivation #confidenceboost #brain #brainhacks #brainbydesign #jamesgarrett #fun #selfimprovement #psychology #sciencehelp

Habits are the back door to confidence. Like a secret code that no one told you about. But not just any kind of confidence. A special kind of confidence that scientists call self-efficacy. Self-efficacy is the belief in your ability to influence an outcome. So whatever you want in your life... Self-efficacy is the fuel that will get you there. But when it comes to the secret scientific elixir of confidence, there is a trap... Confidence gets stuck in certain areas of your life. It's only through mastering habits... That we unlock self-efficacy's power to give us "generalized self-confidence" that permeates ALL areas of our lives. Unmute the video to learn how. -- Enjoy the video? Join our weekly newsletter for free weekly brain hacks: brainbydesign.com/newsletter-sub… -- #confidence #habits #motivation #confidenceboost #brain #brainhacks #brainbydesign #jamesgarrett #selfefficacy #selfimprovement #psychology #sciencehelp

You don’t need more confidence. You need to stop waiting for it. Because confidence isn’t a feeling—it’s a behavior. It’s what happens when you act before you feel ready. When you move through fear, not around it. When you trust yourself to handle whatever comes. That’s how real confidence is built. If you’re tired of playing small because you don’t “feel ready,” this video will hit like a lightning bolt. It might just rewire how you move through fear—forever. Unmute the video to learn how. -- Enjoy the video? Join our weekly newsletter for free weekly brain hacks: brainbydesign.com/newsletter-sub… -- #confidence #trust #motivation #confidenceboost #brain #brainhacks #brainbydesign #jamesgarrett #action #feeling #selfimprovement #psychology #sciencehelp

One of the biggest headaches I hear constantly from leaders is about turnover...churn...attrition... People who they've invested months and even years into... Just up and leaving the company. It's so much time and money wasted on talent that doesn't stay. So how do you get people to stay? No, it isn't another ping pong table... Or having free snacks in the break room... Or any other meaningless perk. It is managing for flow states. And the thing about flow is that you have to design for it... There is a goldilocks flow zone called "the flow channel"... And if you can master it, your people will stay. It's the key to retention, engagement, and motivating your team. Unmute the video below to learn how. -- Enjoy the video? Join our weekly newsletter for free weekly brain hacks: brainbydesign.com/newsletter-sub… -- #flow #flowstate #motivation #engagement #brain #brainhacks #brainbydesign #jamesgarrett #churn #retention #attrition #psychology #leadership

Brains are surprisingly good simulators. But that doesn't mean they're good truth tellers. In fact, the main thing your brain is up to is not reacting to what happens... It's reacting to what it thinks is about to happen. In other words, your brain is a giant "prediction machine." It's always one step ahead. That may sound like a good thing. But it tends to get us in trouble. It means we have blind spots. Plenty of them. The problem is that when we think we're seeing things objectively... We risk settling into a smug self-righteousness that can be off-putting to others. Not only may we be missing something important, but we forget that our perception isn't reality... It's merely a simulation of reality...one that the brain made up. Checking our blind spots starts with understanding how our brain creates our perception. But fair warning! Unmuting this video might decrease how confident you are that your "simulation" is right! ;) -- Enjoy the video? Join our weekly newsletter for free weekly brain hacks: brainbydesign.com/newsletter-sub… -- #perception #predictions #predictionmachine #prediction #brain #brainhacks #brainbydesign #jamesgarrett #blindspots #leadership #neuroscience #psychology

Limiting beliefs are surprisingly sticky. And this is where it gets confusing. Why would something that isn't true come back to haunt us again and again? If you want to understand why limiting beliefs feel true (even though they're not), you've gotta understand neuroplasticity. The brain has different priorities than us... And one of its top priorities is energy efficiency. So it actually "prefers" to serve up a well-worn limiting belief simply because it takes less energy... Whereas building a new more empowering belief might take more energy. Once you understand this fundamental principle -- that your brain is an energy scrooge... You'll finally be able to start poking holes in those limiting beliefs! Unmute the video below to learn how! (Trust me -- you're not going to wanna miss this one!) -- Follow --> @Brain_by_Design Follow --> @Brain_by_Design Follow --> @Brain_by_Design -- Enjoy the video? Join our weekly newsletter for free weekly brain hacks: brainbydesign.com -- #limitingbeliefs #selftalk #believeinyourself #selfimprovement #selfcare #positivepsychology #brainbydesign #jamesgarrett #motivation #brain #neuroplasticity _

Every good leader wants to know their blindspots. But not every leader knows where to look for them. When it comes to managing teams... We often believe that everyone feels the way we do. But therein lies the trap. Unmute the video below to learn how to leverage the "Yerkes-Dodson" curve to see through one of the biggest blind spots in peak performance. Not only will your team thank you, they'll consistently start showing up on their A-game. -- #blindspot #yerkesdodson #sciencehelp #emotionalintelligence #stress #positivepsychology #brainbydesign #jamesgarrett #stressrelief #management #leadership #business