The Rare Mind: Why Some Entrepreneurs Think in Systems, Not Steps

The Jeremy Hanson Podcast / Optimized Entrepreneur

Some people follow steps.
A few of us see systems.

In this episode of The Jeremy Hanson Podcast, Jeremy shares a deeply personal and revealing look into what he calls “the rare mind” — the ultra-small percentage of people who don’t think linearly, but process the world as interconnected systems.

Jeremy opens with his own story: dropping out of high school, working days and studying nights, and later discovering through multiple professional IQ tests that he scored in the exceptionally gifted range (around 148). But this episode is not about bragging. It is about dismantling the traditional idea of intelligence and explaining why some of the smartest, most capable people never fit inside the systems built to measure them.

You’ll learn:

• The difference between sequential thinkers (step-by-step learners) and systemic thinkers (whole-picture, reverse-engineering minds).

• How cognitive compensation lets certain brains route around obstacles and invent new ways of solving problems.

• Why entrepreneurs, inventors, and creators often feel bored in school, suffocated in corporate jobs, and misunderstood in relationships.

• What it actually feels like to constantly see patterns, bottlenecks, and solutions everywhere you go — and why that can be both a gift and an exhausting burden.

• How Jeremy connects this rare way of thinking to the work of people like Elon Musk, Sara Blakely, and Steve Jobs, and also to the small bakery owner who quietly built an empire by re-engineering her scheduling system.

Jeremy also breaks down the idea of the dual-mode brain — the tiny percentage of people who can fluidly move between analytical reasoning and creative imagination, building spreadsheets in the morning and cinematic stories at night. If you’ve ever been told you “think too much,” “move too fast,” or “do things the hard way,” this episode will finally give you language for what’s really happening in your head.

This conversation goes far beyond theory. Jeremy talks honestly about:

• The loneliness of seeing what others don’t see yet.

• Why traditional paths can feel like cages to the entrepreneurial mind.

• The 3 a.m. nights when your brain will not shut off.

• How to stop shrinking yourself, stop apologizing, and start using your rare mind the way it was designed to be used.

There is also a practical mid-episode segment on systems for entrepreneurs, including how tools like Intuit QuickBooks Payroll can become part of the command center for how you run your business — so your brain can focus on high-level pattern recognition instead of repetitive admin.

If you’ve ever felt:

• Too intense

• Too fast

• Too “different” for school, corporate life, or the “normal” path

this episode will make you feel seen, understood, and validated.

You’re not broken.
You’re not doing life wrong.
You’re just rare — and rare is exactly what the world needs right now.

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