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Want To Make Tomorrow Better? Get To Know Your Future Self Today | Hal Hershfield
Episode 369
How can we make better choices today to benefit our future selves? Hal Hershfield outlines strategies like visualizing your future self, writing lett…
2 years, 8 months ago
Money, Success and the Cult of Never Enough | Manisha Thakor
Episode 368
The "cult of never enough" encourages the belief that more money, possessions and achievements will make us happy. But Manisha Thakor has learnt thro…
2 years, 8 months ago
All The Ways Into Behavioral Science (And No, You Don’t Need a PhD) | Merle Van Den Akker
Episode 367
The world of applied behavioral science has never been better. So how do you get your foot in the door to have a career in the field? You may be surp…
2 years, 8 months ago
Confidence, Certainty and Control: The Map to Success | Peter Atwater
Episode 366
What exactly is confidence? Peter Atwater describes it as the feelings of certainty and control that we have about our future self. He explains The C…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Psychology of Scams: Why We Fall for Fraud and How to Protect Yourself | Daniel Simons & Christopher Chabris
Episode 365
Splashy headlines, sensational findings and world-first results grab our attention but they also leave us vulnerable to deception. Constantly being s…
2 years, 8 months ago
People Want Answers: How to Communicate in a Crisis with Christopher Reddy
Episode 364
Between disinformation and misinformation, it’s difficult to know what and who to trust, especially during a crisis. When disaster does strike, it is…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Value of an Open Mind and How To Overcome Knowingness | Jonathan Malesic
Episode 363
When we pretend to know something that we don’t or start a comment with “everyone knows that...”, we create an atmosphere where answers become irrele…
2 years, 9 months ago
Feeling Stuck? Steps To Get Out Of Your Rut And How Music Helps | Adam Alter
Episode 362
We all get stuck. In relationships, in jobs or in creative endeavors. It’s a universal experience, yet most people feel incredibly lonely when they’r…
2 years, 9 months ago
Are You A People Pleaser? Learn To Say No More with Vanessa Patrick PhD
Episode 361
Saying yes to tasks that we want to say no to is a common problem. But how do we decide which requests to turn down? Dr Vanessa Patrick PhD strategic…
2 years, 9 months ago
What Do You Think? How To Improve Your Perspective And Your Life | Woo-Kyoung Ahn PhD
Episode 360
Understanding how we think can change our thinking. From confirmation biases, to uncertainty, to overconfidence, we are all blessed with the same thi…
2 years, 10 months ago