Richard CanfieldPodcast Host and IBC Advisor, Ascendant Financial · Authorized Infinite Banking Practitioner | Author of 4 Books

Not Everyone's Brain Works the Same Way #neurodiversity #education #truth

10 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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The speaker moves around during conversations to stay focused, explaining that sitting still makes them zone out. A client who struggled with reading but was athletic went through intensive brain therapy and felt exhausted afterward, but his wife noticed he could finally sit through conferences and actually listen, suggesting the treatment rewired how his brain engaged.

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I always sit in the back of the room because I also have to move around. It's how my brain stays awake. Sometimes if you make me sit still, like I'm going to zone out. But if I can be moving, I can take in the information. So, yes, I understand that. I had a guy who was an entrepreneur and who. He was a terrible reader, good athlete, but he came in to see me. A lot of people fly in and they spend a week, and I work on, off and on during the week. And by the end of the week, he said, I've never been so tired in my life. It's like I'm just lying on the table. I'm not doing anything. But I'm so tired because I'm going into the really old parts of his brain and I'm just working, working, working. But when we finish, he said his wife said, well, I can tell the difference. When we go to a conference, he, he, he actually listens. I mean, he can sit still for a few hours and actually paying attention.