Radically simple experimental tools to help anyone tap into a high-energy brain state to fire
up innovative potential and shape their lives with intention?by the founder of a Harvard
biomedical engineering innovation lab. In an age of convenience and information overload it's
easy to go through the motions pressured distracted and seeking instant gratification rather
than harnessing our potential for meaningful and impactful lives. When we're accustomed to a
low energy 'robotic brain state' and lulled by the comfort zone it creates it's difficult to
rouse ourselves to act with intention and create the lives we truly want to lead. In LIT Jeff
Karp Ph.D. professor at Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School and biotech
innovator helps us look to nature as a vital source of humankind's best wisdom most inspired
action and greatest good. Diagnosed with learning differences at a young age he persisted
through nearly insurmountable struggles with support from his mom in developing ways to achieve
hyper-awareness and maximize decisions based on his curiosity passion creativity and
connection to nature. As a student at McGill University and at the University of Toronto as a
researcher at MIT and as a professor at Harvard Medical School he evolved these approaches
into LIT (Life Ignition Tools) ?and road-tested these tools daily in his own personal life and
with his lab team to innovate medical discoveries inspired by the ?problem solving? they find
throughout the natural world LIT teaches us to: turn inward and connect with what is truly
important to us turn outward to act on that connecting with others and different ways of
knowing question assumptions?break out of habitual thinking and other patterns to discover what
really serves you best navigate multiple streams of sensory input and manage information
overload recognize manipulative messaging that can throw us off course explore experiment and
discover fresh approaches to old challenges Being LIT takes us off autopilot and helps us stay
alert present and fully engaged in our lives. Dr. Karp also shares insights from some of the
world's most accomplished people including Nobel Prize winners a founder of an Indigenous
wellness center a visionary photographer a social justice activist a five-time US memory
champion an Olympic medalist a neurosurgeon who founded a center for compassion and numerous
professors inventors entrepreneurs CEOs and members of his laboratory. Using Dr. Karp's
principles anyone can redirect their lives with energy focus creativity motivation
intention and impact to create the lives they truly want to lead. Learning to be lit is the
ultimate renewable energy and is accessible to everyone at anytime wherever you are at.
