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#456 - David Robson - The Psychological Power Of Expectations

Modern Wisdom

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Are You Having a Negativity Bias?

We have a negativety bias, right? We have a leaning generally towards negativity. And that happens both positively and negatively, right? This isn't us just making things better. We can also make things worse,. And i think that's how it often manifests in our lives is that when we have kind of negative expectations, we're like needlessly hampering our performance. I soye, that was revelatory for me to just realize that actually, you know, very simply, kind of the kind of packaging we see around our diet foods are changing the way our body responds to the food.

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