Episode 09Steve Gullans, PhD

Steve Gullans, PhD

You Can Train Your Brain to Flow on Command

Episode 09
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Steve Gullans, PhD.

Eighteen years on Harvard Medical School faculty, 130+ scientific papers, AAAS Fellow. Co-founder of Excel Venture Management. Co-author of Evolving Ourselves with Juan Enriquez. Now CEO of Thynk Inc, applying cognitive training to ADHD and brain performance.

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3:31 A headset that trains your brain's flow stateSteve describes Think, a headset that reads brainwaves to help users enter a flow state even under pressure, like a superpower. 6:36 Billions spent on ed-tech, kids aren't improvingDespite billions poured into school technology, standardized test scores haven't improved—but six weeks of this training raises scores a full grade level. 11:43 Why big companies won't build thisBig gaming companies profit from dopamine-driven addiction, not cognitive training that requires sustained effort like going to the gym. 17:07 ADHD training as effective as medicationEight clinical trials showed the technology works as well as medication for ADHD, and attention issues underlie nearly all major mental health diagnoses. 28:00 The brain has hundreds of undiscovered subtypesJust as cancer went from 50 known types to hundreds, Steve predicts we'll soon map dozens of cognitive/neurodivergent subtypes we can't yet see. 42:59 The one job every startup CEO actually hasSteve's blunt investor advice: a CEO's only real job is raising money, yet 99% of entrepreneurs only talk about what they care about, not what investors need to hear.