Efficient Brain for Financial Success: Superpower Your Decisions

In 2010, my chaotic state of mind blocked an efficient brain for financial success as I hustled as a valet. Some days I made $60, while other days I made $1,000—a volatile way to live. After a shift on a $800 day, my friend Steven pulled up next to me in his Mustang and revved his engine.

I had just bought a Volkswagen Jetta with a turbo, so I was ecstatic to see what it could do against his car. He peeled off, and so did I; we were off to the races. He swerved through traffic, and I downshifted through gaps in traffic. Then I spotted a cop car eight cars back in my rearview mirror.

The cop wasn’t chasing us, and the lights weren’t on, so I called off the race—while my friend zoomed the rest of the way. I acted like a normal driver, but the cop slowly moved behind me, and his lights turned on as he got closer. That night, I went to jail, my car was impounded, and I faced probation for two years, along with a misdemeanor and fines.

This was the most money that had ever gone through my hands on a daily basis, yet I had no savings and no growth path. Clear thinking during this time was impossible, as I was young and had nobody to teach me better. This was the make-it-or-break-it moment in my life.

Fitness and nutrition became my only traction toward a way forward. As an athlete, I exercised and dieted, but I had dismal knowledge—so I learned about health at Texas State University and on my own, and I put it into practice.

My confidence grew, and I started saving money and then investing it—good health started spreading into other areas of my life. Later I grew an investment portfolio of over $100,000 and looked good while doing it. Making good decisions with a clear mind was the biggest mover.

I started from nothing. Today, I’m capable of fast learning, have the freedom to run, jump, and lift, and I’m in the stock market making split-second trading decisions.

When people talk about aging, they are talking about the average person, but consider this: a bell curve has three points of reference—low, high, and average. You’ve lost the game if you view yourself as average.

The better you get, the easier things become because you’re stronger, not because the game is easier. Stress is a key point of resilience, and without it, we never grow. Lifting weights is a form of stress that allows you to adapt to the environment by growing stronger, as long as you eat the right nutrition and recover. The brain is the same way: if you stress it out thinking about trading, investing, or whatever facet, it will adapt to the environment as long as you fuel yourself properly with nutrition.

But there is a crossover point where your body influences your brain. You may not be able to control your IQ and other facets, but you can control the influence your body has on your brain. Give me the adaptable, resilient, hard worker with a 105 IQ over the 140 IQ lazy, breakable worker any day. The willingness to grow and move forward is a human’s greatest ability.

To adapt to environments and think fast and clear—when you execute like this in life, you outperform many people, though you start getting into a league of people like yourself to compete with. When you execute a trade, you’re playing against someone on the other side. Are you executing to your full potential? If not, you can improve it.

Take Warren Buffett, for example: he started investing at the age of 25, though he had been in the stock market since he was 11 years old. He is one of the clearest thinkers to exist. Some people are born with the gift—could he have been smarter? Sure, but that wasn’t the secret to his wealth.

His wealth came after 1995, at the age of 65, and today, at 95 years old he is worth $160 billion. The secret to Warren Buffett’s wealth is time. Beating everyone in the game doesn’t matter if you die at 54 of a heart attack or develop Alzheimer’s.

That’s why it’s important to lift weights, run, and eat well. When the brain works efficiently, you’re better in the world, whether you’re trading, investing, or making life decisions.

Imagine being able to take off your shirt with confidence and having the money to travel the world. This is a high-quality life worth living. Good health is a function of fitness, nutrition, and mindset. To achieve this requires work, but once you get it into a system, it becomes a joy. Here are steps to solving this:

1. Create a system of whole foods that you eat every day and enjoy.
2. Create an exercise regimen composed of lifting and running. Find a low/high intensity for both and vary them.
3. Execute them on a schedule. Make it second nature.
4. Invest in yourself with learning and see stresses as a learning opportunity.

This is a learning process, it will take time to figure out what works and what doesn’t. To supercharge your efficiency hire a good coach that knows where you’re coming from. That’s why with my fitness background and investing hobby I can relate to investor/trader thinking. They aren’t as different as they seem.

The brain is powerful and can work for you or against you. It can help you think clearly and fast on your feet, or it can cause you to develop bad habits and spiral downward.

By overcoming these simple items, you can stop wasting resources on dead ends and enhance your focus on opportunity and drive. Start today by reflecting on what your life is now and whether you’re executing to your potential, whether in the market or in life.

Evaluate it objectively, cut your losses, and redirect your energy into things that will produce long-term results, like a farmer planting a seed. Your wallet, your mind, and your family will thank you.

Here are some links behind the cognitive performance, exercise and nutrition:

Double up the brain gain with lifting weights here ->How to Use Exercise to Improve Your Brain’s Health, Longevity & Performance

Will being a fast learner, having a great memory and laser focus transform how you perform in the market or at work? Sprinting does that. See this video-> Running Changes Your Brain, let me explain.

The brain needs to be supported by nutrition as it needs carbohydrates for energy, fat for function and protein for building as said here-> Food & Supplements for Brain Health & Cognitive Performance | Huberman Lab Essentials