Attention Training: What MTB and Social Media Teach Your Brain Every Day

This video is both personal and deeply science-based. We dive into something unexpectedly powerful: how a simple, honest video received 968 positive comments (across 4 platforms) and just a SINGLE negative one, and what this reveals about human connection, the social media algorithm, and your brain’s built-in negativity bias. FACT: Your brain doesn’t show you reality. It filters it. And both mountain biking and social media are powerful tools that can train that filter, for better or worse.
We explore:
Why your brain clings to the bad and how to train it otherwise
Why mountain biking and social media are perfect training ground for more positivity
Your attentions is actually a skill
What social media teach your brain every day and how to leverage this knowledge to "hack your algorithm"
Why “look where you want to go” is neuroscience, not a cliché
Why honesty seems to repel trolls
Why your attention shapes your reality
How you can train your brain and feed to give you more of what actually serves you.
What humans seem to crave more than spectacle
The neuroscience behind “you get more of what you focus on”
Why your brain remembers the one negative comment
Why positivity is not denial, but deliberate neuroplasticity
How to override negativity bias with conscious practice
How this applies both to social media and to mountain biking (especially line choice!)
Why humans crave realness more than spectacle

Whether you want a calmer mind, more confidence on the bike, or a healthier relationship with social media, this episode gives you the tools to start retraining your attention today.

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