EFR 662: Elite Brain Performance Science and Mindset Hacks for Total Human Optimization with Jeff Byers

<p>Jeff Byers is a former NFL player and the current CEO of Amp Human, which offers innovative products that help athletes push the limits on their performance, adaptation, and recovery.</p> <p>With an interest in both sports and entrepreneurship from an early age, Jeff always harbored an interest in finding creative ways to push his boundaries for growth as a human. “I was always thinking about the little things I could do to get better,” he says. “I tried to use my brain to work smarter than always just work harder.”</p> <p>After retiring from the NFL, Jeff worked for a few years in the finance space before joining an early-stage biotech startup in late 2015. This company had discovered a way to deliver pharmaceuticals through the skin, bypassing the GI system which often limits the body’s ability to optimally absorb vitamins and minerals taken orally.</p> <p>Not long after joining the company, Jeff and one of his partners developed a broad vision for a business offering products specifically formulated to optimize human performance, a space in which they saw, at the time, a huge gap in the market.</p> <p>Listen in as Jeff talks all things human performance and optimization and why he refers to it as a “broad spectrum”. He also discusses the benefits of Amp Human’s flagship product, PR Lotion, and its newly released D+ Lotion.</p> <p><strong>Key Highlights</strong></p> <ul> <li>Jeff explains how to differentiate between human performance and biohacking, and how he optimizes his cognitive abilities.</li> <li>Routines are great for introducing discipline; but could they also be a limiting factor to evolving, adapting, and breaking past barriers with regard to human performance?</li> <li>What does Jeff mean by “broad spectrum human performance”?</li> <li>Jeff speaks on the relationship between mindset and human performance.</li> <li>How do Amp Human’s products, particularly PR Lotion, help humans break their limits and achieve more?</li> </ul> <p><em><strong>Episode resources:</strong></em></p> <ul> <li>Save on an