Episode Details

Popular NYU professor, author, positive psychology expert, and peak performance coach Dan Lerner and I talk about utilizing your strengths, impacts of social media, relationships, and flow vs deliberate practice.

Full show notes here.

Notes from the show:

-Daniel's Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

-Check out his book U Thrive: How to Succeed in College (and Life) and check out some of the free resources here that go with the book

-Some influential people on the positive psychology movement that Daniel mention's in the podcast: Martin Seligman, Chris Peterson, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (who wrote the book Flow)

-article summing up Anders Ericsson's view on deliberate practice

-most of us are fimilar with the Myers Briggs Test however Daniel strongly recommends taking the VIA psychology test to find out your stregnths

-PREP (prevention and relationship enhancement program) - tools for dealing with negative or difficult relationships

-Books we mention::
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcom Gladwell
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Gift Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World by Lewis Hyde
Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked by Adam Alter (I also heard an interview with him on Fresh Air)

-Movies he recommends:: The Tree of Life, Whiplash and Sing

-His recommended food is the Avacado Dessert at Empellon in Midtown on 53rd (if you are in NYC)

We also mention this fun clip from Aziz Ansari on texting/social media/dating::

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFR4PPxp2z8

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