The Science of Self

Easily listen to The Science of Self in your podcast app of choice at https://bit.ly/ScienceOfSelfPodcastHear it Here - https://adbl.co/3XaytgD• The behavioral activation theory approaches the problem on the behavioral level, telling us we need to act to feel better instead of waiting until we feel better to act. Monitor your routine, get in touch with your values and goals, then schedule activities that make you feel good, adjust and reappraising as you go.#ActivityMonitoring #ActivityScheduling #BFSkinner #Depression #Lewinsohn #Monitoring #PeterLewinsohn #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #HowtoTherapizeandHealYourself #NickTrenton

This podcast delves into the concept of personal knowledge management (PKM) and the importance of lifelong learning. It explores the significance of capturing and organizing information, highlighting the Zettelkasten method for note-taking. Emphasizing the power of emotion regulation and goal achievement, it discusses strategies for effective personal knowledge management, such as connecting and reframing notes. It also emphasizes the need for a capture habit to collect and categorize information.

Isaac Newton, Pierre Curie, August Kekulé, and Jack Parsons discuss intrinsic motivation, curiosity, and the scientific method. They emphasize the value of personal inspiration, generating burning questions, and staying open-minded. The Feynman Notebook Method is explored as a powerful tool for learning and reflection. Overall, the podcast highlights the importance of thinking like a scientist in various aspects of life.

Easily listen to The Science of Self in your podcast app of choice at https://bit.ly/ScienceOfSelfPodcast00:02:40 Meet Clara.00:04:28 The American Psychological Association (APA) explains that there are three core concepts behind CBT00:05:56 But CBT has also been proven to help when it comes to •Depression •PTSD •Stress management •Self-esteem issues •Eating disorders •Anger management •Chronic Pain 00:07:24 Using CBT and the other techniques we’ll explore, you will learn00:09:19 How to Spot a Cognitive Distortion 00:14:13 Step 2: Appraise 00:15:30 Step 3: Reframe Hear it Here - https://adbl.co/3XaytgD• Many mental health problems come down to a lack of awareness of our own thoughts, feelings, and core beliefs. Being your own therapist requires the willingness to be honest, ask questions, and courageously take action according to the insights you glean.• In CBT, we understand that not all thoughts are for our benefit, and that thoughts, feelings, and actions are all connected. What has been learned can be unlearned, and we can take automatic, negative, unhelpful, and unconscious thoughts and deliberately transform them into conscious, helpful ones that allow us to live the kind of lives we want to live.#Catastrophizing #CBT #Overgeneralization #Personalization #Reframe #Selfesteem #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #HowtoTherapizeandHealYourself #NickTrenton #

The Science of Self with Peter Hollins- a Newton Media Group production.00:02:54 Take Advantage of Free Time 00:09:26 Organization Is Everything!00:20:11 The app Leave Me Alone00:21:06 LinkedIn Today

Easily listen to The Science of Self in your podcast app of choice at https://bit.ly/ScienceOfSelfPodcast00:02:05 Nobel Prize–winning theoretical physicist Richard Feynman is one of the best-known and most-loved scientists of our time.00:05:22 Think Like a Martian00:12:11 Consider the example of inventor Martin Cooper00:14:42 Feynman’s Advice: Play More!00:24:05 An Unexpected Cure for Burnout00:29:38 The Scientific MethodHear it Here - https://adbl.co/3OsoIY1• Feynman was a brilliant scientist because of how he thought, not what he thought. Whatever your vocation, skill set, expertise, special interest, or personal challenges, your life can be improved by learning to learn.• To see the world anew and without stale old misconceptions, try to look at it as though you were a Martian arriving on Earth for the very first time. What do you see? What would the world look like to you if you had no pre-existing beliefs about it, no biases, no prior understanding to cloud your observations?• Knowing the arbitrary symbols assigned to a thing is not knowing it. Look beyond language. • Relaxation, daydreaming, creativity, and fun are not impediments to serious intellectual activity, but an important part of it. Your mind is naturally curious about the world. Curiosity and playfulness is a big part of how it survives and evolves. Work hard, let go, then work hard again. “Serious play” still requires domain knowledge and is focused and purposeful. Burnout can be helped by this kind of play. • The scientific method is a way to structure our thinking and our approach to observation, gathering data, making predictions and theories, and inching our way closer to truth and understanding using reason and empiricism.• First make a guess about a new law. Then compute the consequences of the guess, then compare the computation results to nature. If the results disagree with nature, then your guess is wrong, if they agree, you have support for your hypothesis. What you want to be true is irrelevant; a scientist asks a question because they want to know the answer, not because they want to confirm what they already believe is true.#Feynman #FeynmansMentalModels #MentalModel #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #PeterHollins #TheScienceofSelf #RichardFeynman’sMentalModels #PeterHollins

Easily listen to The Science of Self in your podcast app of choice at https://bit.ly/ScienceOfSelfPodcastHear it Here - https://adbl.co/3KWyCB0• It is important to ask the right questions when learning something new, especially if you want to learn it effectively. Empowering questions that are solution-oriented and begin with “how” will help you get started on the right foot. You should also avoid disempowering questions that focus on the negative aspects of a situation and begin with “why.”• Bloom's taxonomy offers a framework to define and classify the levels of human cognition, from basic to more in-depth thought processing. With self-learning, it is important to know how to self-question based on the following six categories: remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating.• Remembering knowledge: This stage concentrates on retrieving information from memory that has been obtained through instruction and experience. To do this effectively, try using mnemonics or other memorization techniques.• Understanding: The second stage of knowledge is all about understanding the material rather than just memorizing it. Try discussing ideas within the material with others or forming connections between that material and related topics. • Application: The third stage of application is about taking what you have learned and being able to use it in a practical sense outside of lecture settings, such as solving math problems or creating detailed essays/plans.• Analyzing: The fourth stage of analysis consists of taking the knowledge gained from prior stages and using it to create something original, like writing a story or designing an experiment.#BloomsTaxonomy #CalNewport #LifelongLearner #Selfquestioning #Taxonomy #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #PeterHollins #TheScienceofSelf #TheLifelongLearner #PeterHollins

Easily listen to The Science of Self in your podcast app of choice at https://bit.ly/ScienceOfSelfPodcast00:01:04 Abraham Lincoln was perhaps not a genius in the conventional sense00:01:21 Doris Kearns Goodwin has written Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.00:07:49 Unconventional Genius00:11:41 The Power of Mindsethttp://bit.ly/GeniusHollins• Lincoln’s genius traits included intellectual honesty, morality, non-conventionality, and soft skills such as empathy and communication.• Lincoln had little formal education and had an ordinary background, but was someone who possessed all the skills we associate with genius. He was most talented, perhaps, at working with the genius of others.• After he was elected president, Lincoln surprised everyone by appointing his “team of rivals” consisting of the men he had beaten in the election, and who often disagreed with him. But with this team, he was able to achieve the enormous accomplishments he is still known for today.• Like Darwin, Lincoln understood that success and learning come from challenge and the courage to consider alternate and conflicting viewpoints. Lincoln’s cabinet also allowed him to make use of people’s diverse talents.• Lincoln was also, unlike many in this book, a master at soft skills such as empathy, communication, and the ability to tap into a strong moral code of ethics to power his goals. • The five genius traits already covered are enhanced and transmitted more effectively when combined with these soft skills, as Lincoln demonstrates. Under his leadership, the Civil War ended with emancipation and the end of slavery, as well as a new and unified national spirit that defined the democratic principles of the country going forward. • To be like Lincoln, we need to know how to ask for help, to work with others, to engage our critics and competition strategically, and to take even our enemies as our best teachers. • Lincoln also teaches us the power of connecting not only with our own moral compass, but with other people via their values and principles, to become better communicators and more effective leaders.#AbrahamLincoln #AdamSmith #AmericanCivilWar #Confederacy #Darwin #Declaration #Descartes #DorisKearnsGoodwin #Edison #Einstein #Genius #Gettysburg #GettysburgAddress #IsaacNewton #Kentucky #Lincoln #Nonconventionality #PoliticalGenius #Socrates #SoldiersNationalCemetery #Tesla #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #PeterHollins #TheScienceofSelf #ThinkLikeaGenius

Easily listen to The Science of Self in your podcast app of choice at https://bit.ly/ScienceOfSelfPodcast00:02:33 Preferring Simplicity 00:05:52 Relying On Contrast 00:08:16 Avoid All Loss 00:12:46 Reduce Risk 00:16:29 The Resulting Trap 00:21:35 Confirmation Bias 00:25:08 Gambler’s Fallacy 00:27:51 Rosy RetrospectionHear it Here - http://bit.ly/DecisionMakingHollins• Through no fault of our own, there are many ways our brains can actively fool us into suboptimal decisions.• The first cognitive bias is a preference for simplicity and a distrust for complexity. Sadly, life isn’t always so simple. This can lead us to prefer the simpler, more direct option over options that are perceived to be more complex and have hidden factors. • The second cognitive bias is a reliance on contrast and relative value. This makes us susceptible to terrible decisions because relative value is meaningless to us—the only thing that should matter is objective and absolute value.• The third cognitive bias is a tendency to avoid losses. The psychological harm of a loss is exponentially that of the psychological benefit of a gain—thus, we seek to avoid losses in decisions whenever possible, even when it is illogical.• The fourth cognitive bias is a tendency to reduce risk. This is similar to the tendency to avoid losses. We act to reduce risk because it feels psychologically more comfortable and less stressful, despite usually being a poorer decision overall.• Cognitive biases are actually the most natural and instinctual way of thinking, which is bad news for your decision-making muscle. This chapter represents four more common cognitive biases that will cause suboptimal decisions.• Confirmation bias is when you see or interpret things only to bolster your pre-existing assumptions and beliefs. This can cause, in a word, blindness. • The gambler’s fallacy is when you try to find patterns in random, chaotic events that you have no control over. There is a lack of using actual evidence. • Rosy retrospection is when you emphasize the positive nature of a past experience and apply that incorrect assessment to a current situation. Your biased memory calls the shots here, not your wealth of past experiences.#Cacioppo #ConfirmationBias #Cullen #Eeyore #Gambler #JohnCacioppo #Kahneman #ReduceRisk #Retrospection #RobertSutton #RosyRetrospection #Simplicity #Snyder #StrategicDecisionMaking #Sutton #Toyota #Tversky #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #PeterHollins #TheScienceofSelf #TheArtofStrategicDecisionMaking

Easily listen to The Science of Self in your podcast app of choice at https://bit.ly/ScienceOfSelfPodcast00:05:26 The WOOP method can help you get through these tough moments.00:06:24 Created by Dr. Gabriele Oettingen of NYU and the University of Hamburg00:07:13 The WOOP method helps you plan for the hard moments.00:07:54 Wish: Figuring Out Ambitions and Setting Goals 00:10:43 Outcome: Understanding What’s to Come 00:15:40 Obstacle: Running into Problems and Visualizing Hurdles 00:19:22 Plan: Finding Strategies to Overcome Errors Hear it Here - https://adbl.co/3KWyCB0• WOOP (Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, and Plan) is an evidence-based intervention that guides you through an investigation of hurdles and barriers while introducing you to goal-setting. This evidence-based approach is great because it allows individuals to create a plan that addresses any difficulties they may face while also considering their desired outcome. Practicing the WOOP method helps to build confidence, increase motivation, and foster a sense of self-efficacy, which can be beneficial when striving to attain personal goals.• First, identify your wish or goal in detail, being clear about how you know when you’ve achieved it. Consider something in your life that you wish to improve: your career, education, relationships, or anything else. It should be challenging, realistic, and achievable.• Next, flesh out this outcome in your mind’s eye, visualizing both the good and bad aspects. Visualizing your outcome helps you understand why you want to accomplish this specific goal. Specificity here is important because you won't be nearly as motivated to carry out your ideas if you have a hazy sense of what success would feel like or how your life would improve.• Carefully consider the obstacles in this plan, being honest and realistic about the unavoidable effort and challenge involved. Consider what it might look and feel like to have your objective met. Spend some time thoroughly imagining, seeing, and feeling what it would be like to achieve the finest potential outcome.• Finally, make a plan that addresses these obstacles so you’ll know what to do when setbacks occur. This is important because keeping your options open will help you get up when things don’t go your way. #Christiansen #DrGabrieleOettingen #Fritzsche #Krott #LifelongLearner #Visualizing #VisualizingHurdles #WOOP #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #PeterHollins #TheScienceofSelf #TheLifelongLearner