Transformational coach Cortney McDermott has a three-year waitlist and a viral TED talk. She explains yawning as a neurophysiological tool and frames consciousness as a creative currency, then walks through an actionable exercise for sharper thinking.
Go and yawn. Yawning is considered the best kept secret of neuroscience. Yawn for a minute. It will seriously start to transform your life.
Now you are in high demand and I know that because one, you've got like a three year wait list of people want to work with you one to one. You've been on Necker Island. I think there's a probably a 0.00001% of the population of the world have been there. Richard Branson's beautiful island. And you've written incredible books and your TED talk has went viral.
Well, one of the things that I was seeing consistently across the board working with quote, unquote, high performers, was that a lot of times the only one not giving them permission was themselves. What you're putting your consciousness on is that's the creative principle. Your consciousness is the creative principle. Your consciousness is your currency. Thinking. Very few people actually direct the thought process, but.
What kind of exercise might you suggest that we could start with to really kind of develop my level of thinking?
Well, one of the things to play around with is.
