Interview with Oso Trava with Estanislao Bachrach, the speaker, doctor, Harvard professor and entrepreneur in adulthood “When you are stuck in a challenge, go look for different people who can give you a fresh perspective.” - Estanislao Bachrach @estanislaobachrach Estanislao has a PhD in Molecular Biology and a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Torcuato Di Tella University, where he currently works as a professor of Creativity and Innovation and Emotional Intelligence for Leaders. For 5 years he was a professor and researcher at Harvard University where he was nominated for the prestigious Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Prize, which awards the best professor in the entire University. Today he is the founder of COCOLAB, an international consulting firm on neuroscience issues applied to creativity, innovation, change and emotional intelligence and is a mental coach for athletes and elite teams in tennis, soccer, rugby and hockey. He is a prolific speaker and author of 4 books, including Agile Mind, which quickly became the best-selling non-fiction title in Argentina. Estanislao shares with me what led him to abandon the life of science after 17 years and how he found his passion in neuroscience and sports performance. He also shares with me 2 exercises to find your purpose and prioritize projects to be more effective. What you can learn today: How to change the direction of your career. Find new solutions by listening to different points of view. Detect fear and identify your emotions to face them in the right way. Learn to modify your beliefs and thinking habits. The 3P's to prioritize projects. Subscribe to Cracks Podcast iPhone with Apple Podcasts Android with Spotify Youtube Episode notes and links at: https://cracks.la/067 0:00 Intro 0:50 Bio Estanislao Bachrach 3:58 Being Mark Zuckerberg's teacher at Harvard University 6:08 Facebook, Natalie Portman, and missed opportunities 8:02 What did you want to be when you were a kid? 8:30 Practicing sports: squash, volleyball, and an accident 9:41 Change of career direction as a scientist 11:09 Studying biology in Buenos Aires 12:23 Applied biology in humans and a scholarship to study in France 14:21 Getting to Harvard and a change of life 15:09 Living killing mice and the American scientific world 16:13 Corruption at Harvard 19:10 George W. Bush, John Kerry, and the world of politics 21:12 Facing the biggest crisis of his life 21:45 Returning to Buenos Aires 22:08 The importance of antiheroes 22:49 Anecdote: Explaining molecular science to an unexpected audience 28:46 Detecting an error thanks to a new point of view 32:11 How to have different perspectives? 35:32 Meeting the Dalai Lama and getting closer to Buddhism 38:46 The impact of meditation on the prefrontal cortex 39:18 Richard Davidson and neuroscience 39:52 Changing beliefs 42:31 “You teach what you have to learn” 42:47 Professor of creativity, change and emotions 43:49 Transcendental meditation and starting to work with The Lionesses 44:21 Experience with Mindfulness and Vipassana with SN Goenka 46:37 Medication and quantum physics 51:13 Natural resistance to change 54:46 Teaching athletes to embrace fear 56:16 Stanford and the “touchy feely” class 58:49 Changing and replacing thinking habits and beliefs 1:01:16 Staying present to change thought patterns 1:05:08 The change that had the most impact on your life 1:08:33 The 3Ps of productivity: pleasure, prestige and money 1:11:08 Future projects: book launch and working with children 1:13:22 Documentary series on streaming platforms 1:15:07 Stoicism 1:15:49 What would you write in the sky for everyone to see? 1:16:24 Contact: instagram 1:17:55 Living 45 days in the Lacandon jungle