How to Control Your Hormones Before They Control You — with David JP Phillips

"Come get me." That is the mantra David JP Phillips uses before stepping on stage or into a negotiation. He pairs it with a specific walk, a warrior-like breathing pattern, high-bass music, a primal scream, and a chest-pounding anchoring gesture. Stacked together, these six moves take about two minutes and produce what he calls an instantaneous testosterone boost—one that makes people, including the women who try it in his workshops, feel "freaking invincible." Phillips, a public speaking coach with three TEDx talks and a book called High on Life now in 35 languages, argues that most people treat their emotions as fixed. They wake up with a mood and stay in it. But he believes the six neurosubstances that govern our mental state—dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, endorphin, testosterone, and cortisol—can be deliberately adjusted. The result is not just better feelings but better decisions, better negotiations, and better interactions with other people.

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