What does success look like? A neuroscientist wants you to question your cognitive scripts.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff conducts research into the neuroscience of learning and curiosity at King's College London, and also runs Ness Labs. She is the author of Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World.
In this episode we talk about:
- Her critique on our cultural obsession with "finding your purpose"
- The value of knowing your "cognitive scripts"
- Practical tools to live a more purposeful, curious, and fulfilled life
- Her mini-protocol for experimentation (based on the scientific method)
- Mindful productivity — and how it builds on moving us into an experimental mindset
- Whether procrastination is actually the enemy? And tools to work with it.
- The upside of making space for your imperfections
- Tips for navigating uncertainty
- Why you want to avoid having too many experiments at the same time
- The main difference between a habit and an experiment
- How to learn alongside with other people — and why this matters
- Collective "flow" states
- Tips for community building
- And this question: is legacy important?
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