Growth Mindset Psychology: The Science of Self-Improvement Intellectual Discipline: How to Train Your Mind & Let Go of Your Ego
Nov 12, 2024
Discover how self-deception can sabotage your growth. Explore the connection between intelligence and our tendency to lie to ourselves. Hear personal stories revealing the biggest mistakes driven by ego. Uncover warning signs that you aren't speaking the truth and learn methods to catch your own ego in action. This engaging discussion provides transformative takeaways to enhance self-awareness and improve decision-making in your life.
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Intelligence and Mistakes
- Higher IQ can increase your capacity for mistakes due to a stronger ability to rationalize being wrong.
- This increased reasoning ability can be used to elegantly trick yourself when facing contradicting evidence.
Unconscious Bias
- Unconscious biases are difficult to recognize because they operate outside our awareness.
- We can only address them through self-reflection and feedback from others.
Unscientific Scientist
- Sam was overly confident in his scientific analysis of soy's impact on bone health, neglecting contradictory evidence.
- This experience taught him the importance of questioning his own biases and the agendas of others.