{"id":184988,"date":"2024-12-02T08:47:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T14:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=184988"},"modified":"2026-09-06T17:24:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T22:24:28","slug":"podcast-1043-achieve-peak-performance-by-learning-to-shift-the-gears-of-your-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/podcast-1043-achieve-peak-performance-by-learning-to-shift-the-gears-of-your-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #1,043: Achieve Peak Performance by Learning to Shift the Gears of Your Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Industrial Revolution changed the nature of work, so that many people labored in factories, continuously performing the same task, at the same pace, for the duration of their shift.<\/p>\n<p>Two centuries on, even though most folks have moved from working with their hands to working with their heads and from manufacturing set outputs to solving complex problems, generating creative ideas, and processing information, we still tend to work as if we&#8217;re manning an assembly line.<\/p>\n<p>My guest says that being stuck in this factory framework is to our detriment, and that there&#8217;s a much better way to do knowledge work, one that&#8217;s less like manning an assembly line and more like driving a car.<\/p>\n<p>Mithu Storoni is a Cambridge-trained physician, a neuroscience researcher, and the author of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3OwEBwX\"><em>Hyperefficient: Optimize Your Brain to Transform the Way You Work<\/em><\/a>. 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