#435 Andrew Huberman: Focus, Controversy, Politics, and Relationships

When we take ourselves out of stimulus and response, and we just force ourselves to spend some time in the quiet of our thoughts... we access our unconscious mind in ways that reveals to us who we really are and what we really want. And if we do that practice repeatedly, 10 minutes a day here, 15 minutes a day there, we start to really touch into our unique gifts and the things that make us each us and the directions need to take.

I think spending time thinking about, you know, one's shadow, shadows, is super important. How how else are we going to grow? Otherwise, you know, we have these unconscious blind spots...

You find some creative outlet that's like 15 degrees off center from your main creative outlet, and you do that thing. So for me, that's drawing. I like doing anatomical drawings ... And if I do that for a little while, my mind starts churning on the nervous system and biology, and then I come up with areas I'd like to explore for the podcast.

And I think in podcasting, I'm very fortunate I got in a fairly early wave ... I'll continue to go as long as it feels right and I feel like I'm doing good in the world and providing good, but I'm already starting to scout talent.

When you deprive yourself of sleep and then you get sleep, you get a rebound in rapid eye movement sleep—you get a higher percentage of rapid eye movement sleep.

If I exercise before 8:30 AM, especially if I start exercising when I'm a little bit tired, I get energy that lasts all day.