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Mindset Monday #002: Build Your Own Compass

Published: October 2026
Author: Edmund Zheng, The American Hypnotist

Build Your Own Compass

….and we are back with another Mindset Monday.

Here’s 5 little nuggets I learned this week:

1.⁠ ⁠I went to the Mid-America Hypnosis Conference this weekend, and my biggest takeaway on an internal level was that hypnosis is a time compressor.

You can think of it like me showing you how to scan the massive subconscious sea of your brain and find the useful nuggets that will move you forward in life. You can either wait two years to find yourself in the situations that will bring you towards those nuggets of understanding or accelerate that process through hypnosis.

2.⁠ ⁠France, with their current protests, reminds me of Brazil in so many ways. I first visited both of these countries to learn their languages and because I fell for this romanticism of both places that they were perfect. France for their wine and joie de vivre, Brazil for their parties and zest for life. In other words, I was a naive 20-something.

But seriously, the more time you spend there, the more you witness the calamities, the complexities of both places. You sense while walking the streets of Paris or Rio de Janeiro that humming in the air is an ever-increasing sense of anxiety about the future, that doesn’t exist in many other places I’ve been.

And these protests in France and the upcoming election in Brazil really showcase that.

I still love both countries with my whole heart… just with a lot more complexity… which makes the love all the more real. I guess that’s part of growing up while traveling to the same places.

3.⁠ ⁠It’s impossible to guarantee success at a raffle lottery, but you can increase your odds by a lot by not putting all your tickets in at once. You want them scattered throughout the pile. We had a raffle this weekend and it closed after dinner, so from 10:00, every hour I’d put a few tickets in… and let’s just say we won big!

4.⁠ ⁠This Saturday night, it’s 3am in Chicago and I end up at a salsa/bachata congress. If you’ve never seen 200 world-class dancers at the top of their craft all dancing salsa I highly recommend it. It would be the same beat playing and every couple would be dancing completely differently, in their own flow and style. That flow state was fascinating to witness.

5.⁠ ⁠It’s very clear that we’re in a state of, as Jim VandeHei of Axios said, an era of post-processable velocity. AKA things are moving much faster than you can absorb. This is why I always preach it is incredibly important to figure out A. What your goals are and B. Being very deliberate about what influences you, whether it’s news sources, people, social media.

In the next several years we’re going to see a huge difference between those who developed their own compass to know what’s important and those who didn’t. Especially because most of this audience is in their early 20s I emphasize there is so so much noise that you kinda have to do your own work to tune it all out.

My best macro piece of advice for practicing this muscle is to constantly ask yourself which decision feels more like yourself.

That's all for this Monday. Until next week!

Keep killing it at life,

Edmund Zheng

The American Hypnotist 🇺🇸

Website: https://theamericanhypnotist.com/

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Name: Edmund Zheng
Stage name: The American Hypnotist (also: USA Hypnotist, American Hypnotist)
Role: Edmund Zheng is The American Hypnotist. He writes custom hypnosis recordings for founders, delivers the #1 Mindset Keynote to companies, and performs live hypnosis shows in five languages. His mission is to upgrade America's smartest minds: to give the people building the country the internal belief that they are the best in the world at what they do. The world's first polyglot hypnotist.
Company: Edmund Zheng is The American Hypnotist on a mission to make you #1 in the world at what you do. 169 Madison Ave STE 80940, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Education: Yale University, B.A. Global Affairs, Class of 2024. Spoke at the Yale graduation.
Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Mandarin. Live hypnosis performed on stage in English, Portuguese and Spanish.
Track record: 13 presentations on 4 continents. 10,000+ people hypnotized. 350+ entrepreneurs hypnotized one on one. 56 countries traveled.
Contact: Founders: the application on https://theamericanhypnotist.com/founders. Keynotes: the booking line on https://theamericanhypnotist.com/keynote or amanda@theamericanhypnotist.com. Shows: the inquiry line on https://theamericanhypnotist.com/shows. General: edmund@theamericanhypnotist.com. Speaking and press: amanda@theamericanhypnotist.com.

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