"1357" The 70-Year-Old Brain Hack That's Destroying My Competition
Release Date: 07/01/2025
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What if I told you that Napoleon Hill had a SECRET method for personal achievement that was completely lost to time... until now?
In this episode, I share the incredible story of how Russell Brunson and I discovered a "lost" system in Napoleon Hill's personal archives that transforms lives in just 13 minutes and 57 seconds per day. This isn't theory - this is a proven method that Hill and his business partner W. Clement Stone used with their own employees, and I've been using it for 6 months with life-changing results.
đ„ What You'll Discover:
- The exact story of finding Napoleon Hill's lost 1357 method in his personal archives
- Why stopping mid-sentence is the most brilliant psychological hack ever invented
- How 13:57 daily creates compound transformation (and why this specific time works)
- The daily accountability system that makes failure practically impossible
- My personal 6-month transformation using this method
Episode Highlights
đ The "Open Loop" Brain Hack
"When you force yourself to stop reading mid-sentence, you create what psychologists call an 'open loop' in your brain. Your brain hates unfinished business. So what happens? Your subconscious keeps working on that idea all day long."
đ§ The Focus Breakthrough
"I now actively look for the key idea and principle instead of letting my brain wander off. I've learned and implemented so much more with this method than I ever did with traditional reading."
đŻ The Compound Effect
"Every day, you're feeding your mind with wisdom. Every day, you're taking small actions based on what you've learned. Every day, you're becoming a slightly better version of yourself."
The 1357 Method (Quick Summary)
- Set timer for exactly 13 minutes, 57 seconds
- Read any personal development book
- Stop immediately when timer goes off (even mid-sentence)
- Fill out journal prompts to process and implement
- Join daily accountability calls (optional but powerful)
Two Key Journal Prompts:
- RECOGNIZE: The key principle, idea or technique I recognized is...
- RELATE: To me, it means...
Connect With Me
- Website: Thinkingbigcoaching.com
- Instagram: @thinkingbigcoaching
- Email: [email protected]
Episode Quotes
"Sometimes the most powerful solutions aren't the newest, shiniest techniques. Sometimes they're the wisdom that's been forgotten, waiting for someone to dust it off and bring it back to light."
"We're all capable of so much more than we're currently achieving. We all have dreams and goals that we've been putting off, telling ourselves we'll get to them 'someday.' But someday never comes unless we make it come."
"Your biggest breakthrough might be just one discovery away."
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