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Can You Really Love Things As Much As People? With Aaron Ahuvia
Episode 309
Love connects us to things in a deep way. But when we say we love our car, or we love our favorite beach, or we love our children, the love we expres…
3 years, 8 months ago
The Loss of Common Sense: How To Gain A Little Perspective | Martin Lindstrom
Episode 308
Disembarking people from a plane, row by row during the height of COVID, but then cramming all the passengers into a bus to the terminal…where is the…
3 years, 8 months ago
Groove Track | Mind Over Milkshakes: Why Expectations Matter A Lot
Episode 307
A deep dive exploring the 2011 paper by Alia Crum, William Corbin, Kelly Brownwell, and Peter Salovey called “Mind Over Milkshakes: Mindsets, Not Jus…
3 years, 8 months ago
Trust Your Gut? Only If The Data Supports It | Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
Episode 306
When making big decisions, people often go with what feels right - who we marry, where we live, what career we pursue. We base these decisions on our…
3 years, 8 months ago
Changing Our Mind: Exploring How Mental Illness Is Managed with Daniel Bergner
Episode 305
Over the last 50 years, little has changed for the pharmaceutical management of mental illness. This is troublesome, but not unsolvable, according to…
3 years, 9 months ago
Finding Out What Your Customers Want and Why It Matters | Andrea Belk Olson
Episode 304
Customer feedback lacks two fundamental pieces of information: context and behavior. Traditional methods of insight, like the Net Promoter Score (NPS…
3 years, 9 months ago
From Distracted To Focused: Nir Eyal’s Secrets On How To Be Indistractable
Episode 303
Utilizing the power of identity by proudly declaring yourself as indistractable can be a persuasive step in becoming the kind of person we want to be…
3 years, 9 months ago
You Have Dignity Because You’re Human, Not Because You Work | Jonathan Malesic
Episode 302
Mitt Romney once mistakenly quipped that people were either "makers or takers" echoing a common sentiment among US politicians that by working we pro…
3 years, 9 months ago
How To Fix Burnout (Hint: It Isn’t Another Yoga Session) | Jennifer Moss
Episode 301
We’ve been programmed to treat burnout as a self-care issue, as if we’re just one yoga session or a relaxation app away from fixing the problem. Jenn…
3 years, 10 months ago
You Can Change Someone’s Mind But Are You Sure You Want To? | David McRaney
Episode 300
We all know someone who believes in conspiracy theories and we wish we could change their mind. It is possible. There are techniques that can work to…
3 years, 10 months ago