Tom welcomes guest Dr. Ryan Williamson to today's podcast. Tom and Ryan discuss the primary ways we can all positively impact the long term health of our brains. Ryan offers his valuable insights in four key areas that most impact our health and our cognitive resilience over the course of our lives. To find out more check out:

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Ryan's Bio:

Dr. Ryan Williamson, M.D. is a board-certified neurologist, proud Navy veteran, and the owner and founder of Transcend Health. After commissioning as an officer in the U.S. Navy, he completed his medical training at the Florida State University College of Medicine, neurology residency at Georgetown University Hospital, and ultimately separated from service as a Lieutenant Commander. After this, Dr. Williamson ultimately dedicated his career to improving brain health and helping individuals expand their longevity.

Driven by a passion to make a broader impact, Dr. Williamson founded Transcend Health, a platform that bridges neuroscience with entrepreneurship. He empowers leaders and individuals to optimize their cognitive performance through evidence-based strategies that address brain fog, improve memory, and help them overcome cognitive overload.

Dr. Williamson's expertise has garnered significant attention, with his insights impacting communities across the globe. He is currently engaged in high-level conversations with influential figures to integrate his knowledge into their communities, curricula, and beyond.

Through Transcend Health, Dr. Williamson offers a membership program featuring exclusive educational calls, wellness protocols, and a private community forum for members to connect and collaborate. He is also the author of an upcoming book (releasing this fall) that aims to further disseminate his knowledge and empower individuals to live longer, deeper, and more impactful lives.

Dr. Williamson's vision is to help individuals and groups achieve their full potential by taking control of and optimizing their health so they can live more fulfilling lives and leave a lasting legacy.

It turns out that we don't know the world around us as well as we'd like to believe. Modern psychological research continues to unveil the workings, capacities, and limits of our cognition. The findings bear important ramifications and consequences that we can benefit from. In today's episode, we examine the nature of our memory and perception and what that means in our attitude toward ourselves and others.

If you ask anybody who has achieved a high level of success what was behind them, there is a common #1 answer. They had a great mentor. We all know the importance of mentors. But how common are great ones? How many great mentors, and by that I mean people who consistently produce other great mentors, are in your organization? Organizations that have numerous such contributors do well indeed. Nearly all thriving organizations have an ample supply of such people. Today, we'll look at what makes a great mentor and what you can do to produce them.

What is the People Strategy in your organization? Do you find, hire, develop, and keep top talent? Are the people there engaged and fulfilled? When trouble arises, is it dealt with promptly and effectively? Or do you struggle with finding good people? Do people on the team feel anxiety about their place and worth? Is there a system to improve in the various areas of people strategy? In this week's episode, we review the fundamentals of people strategy. We point out the problems with the conventional approaches. What's needed is something new, something that incorporates the insights we've had in psychology. Fortunately, there are such answers.

Trump's 2nd Inauguration, if anything, is certainly remarkable. The emotional gulf between those who welcome Trump back to those who are terrified of what this next administration will do could hardly be wider. Today, we won't look at which perception is more right or more wrong. We'll look at the way those perceptions form and what we might do in light of those realizations. However you may feel about this election cycle, there is opportunity for personal and professional growth in the lessons of its dynamics. Today, we'll start to glean some of those lessons, Eye of Power-style.

Organizational culture is important enough to have become a buzzword. We all recognize the importance of culture. But how well do we contribute to its health? How do we either nourish or, even unwittingly, damage corporate culture? In this episode, Tom talks about four different levels of health for organizational cultures, what it means at each level, and what leaders can do to nourish their organization's culture. We identify the problems that must be systematically addressed and the traits that leaders who aspire to create thriving cultures must encourage, reinforce, and grow. The stakes are high - great organizational cultures pay off in nearly every important factor. Neglect of them leads to struggle, suffering, and even the end of the organization as a viable entity.

Tom welcomes CEO of BeRemote Vivek Nigam to the podcast. Tom and Vivek discuss the importance of familiarity and camaraderie in the workplace and look at ways these can be built to increase engagement. BeRemote offers a product called ReTeam, a communication portal that encourages and develops teams to build and nourish organizational culture. This meshes synergistically with the Eye of Power protocol, which helps teams develop in a psychologically healthy direction and maximizes respect and trust and nourishes a merit-based culture. Tom and Vivek talk about the involved dynamics and how they can help leaders of the 21st century organization.

This episode is a bit of a departure from the norm - we're on Christmas vacation with family and I've recruited my kids to reflect on their 2024 and share what they're looking forward to in 2025. I add my reflections from both the personal and business perspectives. Wherever you are, however your 2024 went, however you're looking at 2025, we wish you the merriest Christmas and the Happiest New Year. Make it one where you are able to bring out the best in yourself!!