Performance Intelligence
Performance Intelligence
Andrew May
Bite Size: Mental Rehearsal Is Not Mindset, It's Neuroscience | Andrew May
7 minutes Posted Jul 8, 2026 at 7:00 pm.
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Jim Carrey wrote a cheque to himself for ten million dollars when he was a broke, unknown actor. Sara Blakely visualised a billion-dollar business and an Oprah appearance before either was remotely plausible. Easy to dismiss as coincidence. Harder to dismiss once you understand what an fMRI shows when a person runs a scenario in their mind. 

Andrew May breaks down the neuroscience behind why mental rehearsal works, and why leaders who ignore it are leaving a genuine performance edge on the table.