Steps
Open with reptilian-brain hooks
Begin with novelty, danger, or curiosity that bypasses analysis. The reptilian brain decides whether to keep paying attention in the first few seconds.
Build limbic engagement next
Once attention is captured, shift to story, emotion, and identification. The limbic brain decides whether the content is for me.
Deliver neocortex substance third
Only after the lower brains are bought in, deliver the analytical content — frameworks, data, step-by-step procedures. The neocortex now wants to learn.
Sequence for the full brain stack
Never lead with the analytical content first. Reptilian → limbic → neocortex is the order the brain actually evaluates incoming information.