Are You Gritty?

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The subject and the subject bar is are you gritty of course your brain just like google coming up can come up with millions of signs oh yes you are gritty because it's couched that way just like crime is a virus yes i am gritty so now it all makes sense. You accept this new belief because you've got pages and pages of internal evidence that says yes i am grittiness. Now it becomes part of your being and you can't ever remember it's changed. It wasn't because of what the library said the librarian said you've always been gritty he just noticed it right. So the here's your belief change so good other recognition that your belief actually changed so good this

In this episode, Micheal Rousell, author of The Power of Surprise, explains the science of surprise at the level of neurons and brain structures, and then talk about how surprises often lead to the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves, the different personal narratives that guide our behaviors and motivations and goals, and, perhaps most importantly, our willingness to be surprised again so that we can change and grow.

In the show, you will how we can use the current understanding of how surprise leads to learning, and how learning depends on interpretation, to improve our lives, and the lives of others