The Habit Mechanic — Train Your Brain for the AI Revolution
The Habit Mechanic is a science-based podcast about brain performance in the AI era. As AI reshapes the work humans get paid to do, focus, decision-making, and mental energy are becoming the real constraints on performance. This podcast explores how to optimise your brain’s natural energy patterns — what I call Brain States — so you can do high-value work, work effectively with AI, and sustain performance over time. I’m Dr Jon Finn, a performance consultant with 25 years’ experience working with professionals, leaders, teams, and elite performers across business and sport. Drawing on applied neuroscience, behavioural science, and real-world practice, each episode offers clear thinking and practical tools you can use immediately. If you’re interested in improving cognitive performance, avoiding burnout, and building the habits required to thrive alongside AI — without chasing tools or trends — this podcast is for you. Connect with me at contact@tougherminds.co.uk or visit: https://www.tougherminds.co.uk
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In this final episode of the How to Motivate Yourself in 2026 series, Dr. Jon Finn brings everything together by getting practical about a simple question: what should you actually be doing over the next 30 days — and what should AI be doing instead?
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In this episode of the Habit Mechanic Podcast, Dr. Jon Finn is joined by Tougher Minds’ Head of Coaching, Andrew Foster, to examine new evidence showing how rapidly AI is reshaping the jobs humans have traditionally been paid to do — particularly in the UK.
Using recent research from Morgan Stanley...
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In this episode, Dr. Jon Finn continues the How to Motivate Yourself in 2026 series by focusing on a critical but often overlooked step: measuring and strengthening your foundation.
As AI rapidly displaces procedural, medium-charge work, humans will increasingly be valued ...
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In this episode of the Habit Mechanic Podcast, Dr. Jon Finn is joined by Tougher Minds’ Head of Coaching, Andrew Foster, to unpack what’s emerging from Davos 2026 — and what it means for work, jobs, and human performance in the AI era.
Using a headline claim that AI is impacting labour “like a t...
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In this episode of the Habit Mechanic Podcast, Dr. Jon Finn is joined by Andrew Foster, Tougher Minds’ Head of Coaching (and a long-time member of the team), for a practical conversation about why so many mainstream explanations of behaviour change — inc...
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In this episode, Dr. Jon Finn continues the How to Motivate Yourself in 2026 series by focusing on something many people overlook: the foundations that make sustainable motivation possible in an AI-accelerating world.
As businesses rapidly adopt AI and the pace of change increases, motivation won’t...
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In this episode, Dr. Jon Finn continues the How to Motivate Yourself for 2026 series by tackling a critical question: how do you turn a future vision into clear, meaningful action in an increasingly complex, AI-driven world?
As organisations prepare to scale AI and reduce headcount, many of the tas...
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In this episode, Dr. Jon Finn continues the Motivating Yourself for 2026 series by guiding you through the next step in building your Future Ambitious, Meaningful (FAM) Story.
Following on from Part 1, this episode focuses on creating the foundations of sustainable motivation by clarifying what tru...
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In this episode, Dr. Jon Finn explores what motivation really means as we enter 2026 — and why it will look fundamentally different in the AI era.
As AI increasingly takes over tasks humans have traditionally been paid to do, motivation will no longer come from pressure, deadlines, or external rewa...
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In this episode, Dr. Jon Finn shares the single most important thing he’s learned about managing stress — not from theory, but from coaching himself over many years.
We live in a world of constant transition: post-COVID disruption, rising uncertainty, and the accelerating AI era. Yet most traditional approaches to stress were never designed around how the brain actually wor...
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In this episode, Dr. Jon Finn shares a powerful story about a senior coder who became unexpectedly angry — because a simple Brain State insight transformed his performance overnight.
This real-world example reveals:
- why your Brain States determine how you think, feel, and perform
- how one small da...
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In this episode, Dr. Jon Finn takes you behind the scenes of one of the most important breakthroughs in Train Your Brain for the AI Revolution: Brain States — the hidden driver of everything you think, feel, and do.
Jon shares the origin story of Brain States for the very first time, tracing the...
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AI is advancing faster than people can adapt — and for many professionals, that feels scary. In this episode, Dr. Jon Finn returns after several weeks inside the AI frontline: panel events with NHS leaders, private din...
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In this episode, we practically unpack how Human-AI Performance Psychology™ gives professionals and teams a real competitive edge in the AI era. You’ll learn why mastering your Brain States—not learning more tools—is the true multiplier for performance, creativity, and resilience. We introduce T...
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Today’s job market feels like a jobless boom — productivity is rising, yet opportunities feel more fragile than ever. In this episode, Dr. Jon Finn explains why that’s happening and reveals how two very different species of AI are reshaping work.
Discover how agentic AI automates routine, low-val...
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In Day 4 – Automate | Build Super Habits: How to Coach Yourself and Thrive in the AI Era, we move from knowing what to do to making it automatic — using the Nine Action Factors and a simple habit-building plan anchored by a daily Willpower Story.
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In Day 3 – Optimise | Design Your Day: Strengthen Focus, Willpower & Brain State Control, we show how to lead AI by managing your own brain state, building a practical 30-day performance plan, and using the Day Designer to script a focused, energised 24 hours.
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In Day 2 – Plan | Build Your Long-Term Focus: How to Lead Your Own Life in the AI Era, we connect your long-term ambitions to your daily actions using the science of Human–AI Performance Psychology.
You’ll learn how to turn your future vision into focused action, and how...
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We’re launching the 4-Day Audio Challenge — your free introduction to Human–AI Performance Psychology, the science of thriving in the AI era by mastering your Brain States.
In Day 1, you’ll measure where your energy really goes, learn to cut Medium-Charge busywork, and d...
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In this episode, we explore how neural-network AI pairs with Brain-State Intelligence® — the foundation of Human-AI Performance Psychology — to help you outsource busy work, focus on high-impact thinking, and build habits that actually stick.
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