Change Wired

A 3-question filter for your bad ideas. How smart people fool themselves every day.

Your sharpest ideas can still fool you into doing the wrong thing.  Today we unpack why smart, driven people overtrust their thoughts, and how a simple 3-question filter turns hunches into high-quality decisions. Instead of chasing certainty, we practice decision hygiene: use evidence, test small, and weigh real outcomes before you go all in.  We start with the cognitive traps that quietly steer choices: availability bias makes vivid stories feel true, while the halo effect lets first impressions spill into misplaced trust. From there, we shift to practical tools you can use today.  You’ll walk away with a compact framework you can apply to health goals, career pivots, and strategy shifts: evidence → experiment → evaluation → expanded outcomes.  If you’re ready to swap guesswork for smart iteration, hit play, save the three questions, and put them to work.  If this helped you think clearer, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a friend who’s making a big decision right now.  Have more time to upgrade your thinking? Listen to the most popular episode of 2025:  Simon Lancaster. How to speak like a leader: influence, inspire, educate to create change. Neuroscience of public speaking.  Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Why you'll lose at most of your goals this year. The dark side of too much ambition. EAST framework for following through.

Ready to stop sprinting into burnout and start winning your year with calm, focused momentum?  Focus not Frenzy?  We dig into why so many smart, motivated people fail on their goals and how a few design choices can flip the odds in your favor. Instead of spreading energy across a dozen ambitions, we show how to pick the one that matters most, translate it into daily behaviors, and engineer your environment so doing the right thing becomes the easy thing.  We unpack the EAST framework.  You’ll learn how to strip friction, make your cues impossible to miss, connect actions to identity and values, and raise stakes with smart accountability. We talk pacing and capacity too: why marathons are won by people who manage resources, not by those who sprint the first mile.  This conversation also tackles a subtle trap: not every good idea is a good idea for your life right now. We offer a clear lens for evaluating goals against your current time, energy, and context so you stop forcing seeds into dry soil. If you’re ready to trade diluted focus for designed progress, hit play, pick one target, and build the system to support it.  If this helped you think differently, share it with a friend, subscribe for more, and leave a quick review to help others find the show.    Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Sleep, Sweat, and Smart Fuel: some health tweaks that high performers miss.

Want steady energy without complicated biohacks?  We walk through the small, overlooked habits that create outsized gains - from underappreciated easy sleep hacks, to nutrition supplements and the science of drinking water. This is practical leverage for high performers who need clarity, energy, cognitive stamina, and mood stability to do their best work.  Choose your weakest link and start small. These simple shifts compound fast. If this helped you think differently about energy and focus, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs a boost, and leave a quick review so more people can find us.  Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Why most New Year resolutions fail by Jan 15th. And how to make YOURS last in 2026.

Resolutions don’t fail because you’re undisciplined; they fail because the system around you was never built to help you win.Kicking off 2026, we get brutally practical about why goals crumble by mid-January and how to make behavior change stick using evidence, not hype. Drawing on research from behavioral scientists like Katy Milkman and hard-won coaching lessons, we unpack 7 common traps and turn each one into a simple, brain-friendly plan you can use today.By the end, you’ll know exactly which bottleneck holds you back and how to install a system to fix it, whether that’s a two-minute starter habit, a standing calendar cue, a lockbox for your phone, or a rule that pairs your favorite show with the treadmill. Trade willpower for design and watch consistency become your new default.If this conversation sparks a plan, share it with a friend who needs it, hit follow, and leave a quick review so more high performers can find us. What’s the one system you’ll set up today?    Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

How to stay cognitively sharp, without fatigue, reduce ovewhelm and ADHD without coffee. Peak Brain Performance by Design.

What if your best ideas are getting crowded out by mental clutter, not a lack of talent or willpower?  We dive into simple, science-backed habits that free working memory, protect your peak focus hours, and turn effort into meaningful output without relying on endless caffeine.  We walk through practical tools you can use, then we map your day to biology to honor ultradian cycles with breaks that reset your brain instead of scrolling.  We also tackle the hidden costs of multitasking and the massive upside of a decluttered environment.  Finally, we cover nutrition for steady focus.  The result is less overwhelm, fewer mistakes, and more work you’re proud of in less time. If you’re ready to think clearer, create better, and finish more without burning out, press play and try one tool today. If this helped, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs a cleaner mental desk.  Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant