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Are You AI-Proof? Why Your August Habits Matter

• Dr. Jon Finn

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August is a critical month for setting up September success by establishing foundational habits for optimal brain function. The continued growth of AI technologies like those from Microsoft and Meta means we need to focus on our unique human capabilities to remain valuable.

• Focus on better sleep, better diet, and better exercise as core ingredients for positive brain function
• Most people have great intentions for September but fail by mid-October because they lack foundational habits
• The AI Era Leadership Accelerator offers a monthly mission focused on getting brains working well
• New sector-specific AI tools are emerging that will transform industries
• Becoming "AI-proof" requires developing brain state intelligence based on good recharge and recovery
• Even during relaxation periods, checking in with foundational habits builds awareness for future success

You're only ever one Brain State habit away.

Speaker 1:

Hello Habit Mechanics. It's Dr John Finn here. I hope you're having a great week so far. Today I want to talk about August and making August great. The AI story impact continues to grow. Just noticed in the last day or so how microsoft shares and meta shares have really outperforming are really outperforming expectations, and these are two of the drivers of ai technology.

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So that tells you about the you know market confidence in these technologies and how they are changing pretty much everything about how we live, how we work, and I know for many people, august is a time of reflection, uh, time to sort of stop and take a holiday, or people may have just come back from holiday and maybe just be thinking about what they've reflected on. And people are starting to plan for September, and certainly many people I know they really want to make September. Uh, it's almost like the January. Right, it's a bit of a reset time to to work on yourself and do all those things that you always wanted to do, or to fix the little bumps in your health, your happiness, your performance that are holding you back. What we found over the last few years is that people have had these great intentions for September but they've failed and often, you know, they're getting into the middle of October before they can start to actually do the kind of things or start doing the kind of things that they want to do, and then, before they know it, it's early, it's December and you know Christmas, et cetera, is on the horizon. So what I want to do in August is I want to help people to just put the foundational habits in place so that, when you hit September, you've got the very best chance of being at your best.

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So this month, every month, in our AI era leadership accelerator, we have a monthly mission. This month, we're going to really double down on getting our brains working really well, and that means focusing on better sleep, better diet, better exercise, because they're the core ingredients for positive brain function. So that's what we're going to be thinking about. So we have a core tool that we use, called the des swap um. We're going to run some live events. I just have that as the focus now.

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This doesn't mean that we have to be um, living like monks in uh, august. It just means if we're more aware of how we are sleeping, the kind of stuff we're putting into our bodies and how we're exercising or not, then we've got a better chance of doing it a little bit better. Or if we decide you know what I'm going to have this week where I let my hair down, just completely switch off, relax. Even then, if we're checking in with our diet, exercise and sleep, we're going to feel less guilty about doing that, but also, just the habit of checking in is going to then live past that week or two week period so that when we get back into wanting to get back into our normal routines, then we have that foundational habit of just paying attention to those foundational factors for good brain function, good brain health, that is, sleep, diet, exercise. So that's what we're going to focus on in there um, ai era leadership accelerator, which is our monthly membership. In there. We post every day um, so we have loads of our pretty much our entire back catalogue of of tools, um that are available, and then we have a structured program over the month to help people thrive and be at their best.

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And why I think this is more important than ever is I've just seen in the last week some amazing AI tools. I mean, they are unbelievable and what they can do is phenomenal, and I think what we're going to start to see in September onwards is the rollout of more and more of these very sector-specific technologies. These very sector-specific technologies. I saw one yesterday from a very, very big global marketing agency that is like an LLM and a Gen2KI plugged together specifically for marketing and it's basically a marketing agency in an app. I mean it's phenomenal and it's a baby, and these things are going to get better and better and better. My point is is that we're only going to be valuable in our own lives, to our businesses, to the businesses we work for, if we can get into those high charge brain states, and the foundation of doing that is good recharge, good sleep, good diet, good exercise. So I actually think this August period is one of the most important that we've had for our health, for our happiness, for our performance, because as we go into September, october, november, these competitor technologies to the things that we get paid for every day are going to start to be scaled up. But we can become ai proof if we keep building and developing our brain state intelligence, and the foundation of that is a good recharge, good recovery, and that's what we're going to focus on in the aiR accelerator this month.

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And the guy in the tractor is just going past me spraying the pavement with I don't know what he's spraying the pavement with doesn't look to be particularly effective. To be honest with you, that's what the noise is, okay. Thank you so much for listening. I'm not in a rural area, by the way. I'm in pretty much the city centre of one of the biggest cities in the UK, so that's a bit odd, but anyway. So, if you wanted, if you're a member of the AIRA Accelerator, then we'll see you in there. If you want to sign up, you'll see some emails from us and I'll see you in there. If you want to sign up, you'll see some emails from us and I'll put a link beneath the podcast so you can do that. And, yeah, looking forward to working with you and supporting with you and, as ever, if you have any questions, just let us know. You're only ever one brain state habit away.