Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby Dr. Daniel Crosby - Your Story Needs a Villain
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Jul 3, 2025 Discover the power of anti-goals and how they can motivate you just as effectively, if not more so, than traditional goals. Explore the intriguing role of villains in personal narratives and how they drive growth and creativity. Delve into behavioral economics to understand our asymmetrical risk preferences and their impact on decision-making. Learn from Charlie Munger's phrase 'invert, always invert' and uncover the Stoic exercise of 'Premitatio Malorum' for practical life application.
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Your Story Needs a Villain
- Stories need villains to make heroes compelling and meaningful.
- Harry Potter without Voldemort is dull, showing the importance of conflict in narratives.
Anti-Goals Drive Success
- Successful people often have anti-goals reflecting what they oppose.
- Lincoln, Steve Jobs, and Henry Ford used anti-goals to shape their achievements.
Power of Avoiding Loss
- Prospect theory reveals humans fear losses more than valuing gains.
- We are two and a half times more motivated to avoid bad than pursue good.
