Build self-awareness and recognise the mind traps we easily fall into every day.
We examine 9 different cognitive biases related to Ego and how we can spot them.
Learn:
- When our ego serves us or sabotages us
- Why we fall in love for the wrong reasons
- How our bias to perceive ambiguity as hostility almost triggered a Nuclear war
From panicking over getting some ketchup on our trousers to explosive road rage, cognitive biases can give us an answer.
Learning how to recognise our own biases can lead to a much calmer, kinder and more successful life.
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📕 Recommended Books
These books are full of brilliant insights and mental models to help you become a more rational thinker.
🏎️ Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman - UK Book - US Book
🤪 Predictably Irrational - Dan Ariely - UK Book - US Book
🧘♀️ The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli
🧠 Super Thinking by Gabriel Weinberg & Lauren McCain
🪐 The Skeptics Guide to the Universe by Dr. Steven Novella
Further Listening
Enjoyed this episode? Check out the rest of the Cognitive Ciases series:
- [YOU ARE HERE] - Ego Blindspots
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Human Nature vs. Money: Battling Irrationality & Thinking Traps [May 19th]
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Confirmation Bias and the 7 Sins of Lazy Thinking - [June 4th]
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Reality Distortion and the 7 Illusions of Perception Impact Everyone - [June 18th]
- Cognitive Rigidity and How Einstein Overcame the 5 Biases that Keep Us Stuck - [June 19th]
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Thinking Fast and Slow: How to Make Better Decisions - [July 12th]
Growth Mindset pod
Sam Webster Harris explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.
Success and happiness is a state of mind unique to ourselves and is our responsibility to create.
Chapters
00:00 Spotlight Effect
02:25 Dunning Kruger Effect
04:41 Status Quo Bias
06:29 Curse of Knowledge
08:21 Cognitive Dissonance
10:34 The Halo Effect
14:07 Fundamental Attribution Error
16:13 Actor-Observer Bias
17:33 Self-Serving Bias
19:54 Hostile Attribution Bias
23:42 Note 1 - Don't blame other peoples behaviours
24:22 Note 2 - Don't get lost in our own world
27:21 Note 3 - These Biases exist for a reason
28:33 Note 4 - Don't get easily offended
29:14 Send Off
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