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/3KWyCB000:05:53 Passion, according to life coach Susannah Newsonin00:06:59 Karen Putts explained the five steps of passion00:12:19 How to Increase Intrinsic 00:13:03 Satisfying Our Basic Psychological 00:13:39 Creating an Environment that Promotes Autonomy 00:16:44 Competence • Intrinsic motivation is essential for lifelong learning and fuels the desire to keep learning new things, even if it's outside your comfort zone. This innate internal drive is what fuels your passion. Passion itself is a positive energy that you can experience in multiple areas of your life. The most common interpretation of passion in organizational studies is teleological, implying a powerful, purposive motivation to achieve an end goal. • Intrinsic motivation comes from within and is when you do something because you want to, not because you have to. You're driven by a personal interest or enjoyment in the task itself. For example, learning to bake simply because you enjoy it. #CLEAR #DeciRyan #ExtrinsicMotivation #ExtrinsicRewards #Gillard #Hennessey #IntrinsicMotivation #KarenPutz #LifelongLearner #LinsteadBrewis #RyanDeci #SDT #SusanFowler #SusannaNewsonen #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #PeterHollins #TheScienceofSelf #TheLifelongLearner

Easily listen to The Science of Self in your podcast app of choice at https://bit.ly/ScienceOfSelfPodcastHear it Here - bit.ly/3FooG0d• No man is an island. Your unique thought patterns and habits are in a constant relationship with the unique thought patterns and habits of those around you. Relationships are shared patterns, and there is no such thing as a toxic person, only toxic patterns, behaviors, and relationships. • All relationships are occasionally difficult, but toxic relationships amplify and recreate negativity in a way that is destructive and unhealthy for all parties involved. Focus on recurring dynamics and patterns rather than specific isolated behaviors, be accountable, and ask how your core beliefs are manifesting in the relationship. • If you are bringing toxic patterns to a relationship, make a list of the behaviors, understand the function they are serving, put the pattern in context, then commit to making changes internally and externally.

Easily listen to The Science of Self in your podcast app of choice at https://bit.ly/ScienceOfSelfPodcastHear it Here - http://bit.ly/GeniusHollins• Descartes’ genius traits included intellectual honesty, curiosity, diverse interests, and non-conventional thinking.• French-born Rene Descartes is widely considered the father of Western philosophy, and greatly advanced many metaphysical concepts still in use today. • Descartes genius was to start, like Socrates, from a point of complete ignorance, i.e. to begin in absolute doubt and work his way to true knowledge one step at a time, using rational and logical thought. • In 1641 he published his Meditations on First Philosophy, the first three meditations of which are designed as exercises to help a person use the “method of doubt” to discard false beliefs (meditation 1), find those beliefs that could not possibly be false (meditation 2) and devise some rock-solid criteria for what constitutes true knowledge (meditation 3).• This approach is essentially an early form of the scientific method, as it outlines a path to true knowledge by removing everything that can be doubted and focusing on that which cannot logically be false, and therefore must be true. It’s via this path that Descartes believed he built a sound philosophy. • In the first meditation, we use hypothetical doubt to tease out truth from the inaccuracies of our own perceptions, as well as the flaws and limits of our reasoning faculties. We can practice this sentiment by reminding ourselves that we can always be wrong, and to take doubt as a starting point, rather than to make assumptions.• Meditation 2 is about finding out what is true once all that is false is removed from the equation. This is where Descartes’ famous cogito ergo sum proposition comes about, explaining that at the very least, he knew he was in fact thinking, and that proved he existed. • From this we are led to meditation 3, which discusses the criteria for universal knowledge as those things perceived clearly and distinctly. • To take inspiration from Descartes, we needn’t follow his complex philosophy in detail, but we can practice a kind of philosophical doubt, committing never to hold beliefs we know aren’t true, and to have stringent standards for what we consider truth.#AbsoluteCertainty #AbsoluteTruth #AnalyticGeometry #CogitoErgoSum #CognitiveBiases #CriticalThinker #Descartes #Enlightenment #Flèche #ReneDescartes #IntellectualHonesty #IrrefutableEvidence #LaFlèche #Meditation #Philosophy #ScientificMethod #UniversalTruth #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #PeterHollins #TheScienceofSelf #ThinkLikeaGenius #PeterHollins/home/russell/temp/beliefs-justified-base-ultimately-belief-indubitable/beliefs-justified-base-ultimately-belief-indubitable-wood-light-man-person-7219821-MART--PRODUCTION.jpg

Hear it Here - http://bit.ly/DecisionMakingHollins00:02:26 The white hat is Sherlock Holmes.00:04:08 The red hat is Sigmund Freud, the psychotherapist.00:06:25 The black hat is Eeyore, the morose donkey from Winnie the Pooh.00:08:31 The yellow hat is the cheerleader.00:09:40 The green hat is Pablo Picasso, the famous artist.00:10:48 The blue hat is Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company and inventor of the modern assembly line.• Most of us engage in very little with regards to our decisions. A pros and cons list, perhaps. But this still leaves us victims of your blind spots. • The six hats method of decision making implores you to view a fork in the road from six distinct different perspectives. Typically these are represented by colors, but avatars are more illustrative. The six different perspectives to consider are Sherlock Holmes (gather information), Sigmund Freud (emotions), Eeyore the donkey (pessimist), a cheerleader (optimist), Pablo Picasso (creativity), and Henry Ford (information synthesis). #Brainstorming #DontPrioritize #SixHatsMethod #HenryFord #MurphysLaw #OptimisticCheerleader #PabloPicasso #SherlockHolmes #SigmundFreud #StrategicDecisionMaking #SwitchPerspectives #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #PeterHollins #TheScienceofSelf #TheArtofStrategicDecisionMakingPeterHollinsPhoto by Perfecto-Capucine and Pexels

00:03:14 In fact, it took Milton Hershey years of experimentation before he finally perfected his chocolate-making process.00:04:45 Elizabeth Day’s book How to Fail: Everything I’ve Learned from Things Going Wrong is a funny, relatable, and ultimately uplifting look at the value of failure.00:06:47 Steps to Conquer Your Failure 00:07:18 Redefine Failure as a Discrepancy00:09:39 Distinguish between Real and Imagined Threats 00:12:18 Create Promotion Rather than Prevention Goals 00:14:56 Expect a Good Outcome but Do Not Become Attached to It00:17:35 You Are Strong and You Can Prevail 00:20:40 Chapter Takeaways • Leaving your comfort zone and facing new challenges will sometimes guarantee failure. However, it is important to remember that every failure is an opportunity for us to learn and grow. Therefore, define failure as a discrepancy to help reframe your mindset. Start by looking at it as a discrepancy between your expectations and reality. Determine if the threat is real or imagined by evaluating your body's physical response.• Additionally, create promotion goals rather than prevention goals to stay focused on what's important. This development of a goal-oriented growth mindset toward learning not only prepares you for success in your chosen profession, but it also promotes healthy personal development. Expect a good outcome but do not become attached to it, so you can enjoy the journey. Have faith in the outcome, but don't put your entire happiness on the line. #CamachoHiggins #DrTheoTsaousides #ElizabethDays #Failure #LattacherWdowiak #MiltonHershey #NegativeConsequences #NegativeInfluence #PreventionGoals #PromotionGoals #ACompletelyRationalFearOfFailure #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #PeterHollins #TheScienceofSelf

Hear it Here - bit.ly/3FooG0d00:05:13 Your Negativity May Be “Hardwired”00:07:38 But that Doesn’t Mean It’s Written in Stone00:10:53 Authors, researchers, and neuroscientists Kahneman and Tversky00:13:15 Countering the Bias for the Negative• We can understand the problem of negativity on different levels, from the physical to the psychological to the spiritual, evolutionary, or cultural. The psychological and emotional level is the easiest for us to change. • The negativity bias is an evolved human tendency that conferred a survival advantage on our ancestors. It’s the tendency to register and focus more readily on negative stimuli while ignoring or downplaying positive ones. If we are aware of it, we can take steps to mitigate its influence in personal relationships and decision-making. • If you cannot rely on your brain to automatically and unconsciously look for the positive, then you will have to deliberately draw your attention to it instead. Use a gratitude journal and deliberately choose to focus on the positive. #CognitiveBias #CognitiveDistortion #CounteractNegativity #GratitudeJournal #Kahneman #Negativity #NegativityBias #StopNegativeThinking #ToxicRelationships #Tversky #WhereDoesNegativeThinkingReallyComeFrom? #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #StopNegativeThinking/home/russell/Dropbox/NMGMedia/Stock/JPGs/7578753.jpg

http://bit.ly/GeniusHollins00:01:06 Charlie Munger once said he thought that if Darwin attended Harvard in 1986, he probably would have graduated around the middle of the pack.00:04:28 “Strong opinions but held lightly."00:06:59 Internet activist Eli Pariser 00:11:03 Though Darwin was not considered particularly brilliant intellectually, it didn’t matter.00:11:52 Like Socrates, he was unwilling to let bias and assumption derail or contaminate his efforts, and so made a concerted effort to weed out errors of thinking.• Darwin’s genius traits included hard work and discipline, intellectual honesty, and non-conventionality.• Darwin was a prolific naturalist whose works on natural selection, the descent of species and evolution profoundly changed the scientific landscape, and set the stage for our current biological paradigm. • Darwin was said to be a methodical, slow and exceedingly patient person who worked diligently on his efforts throughout his life. We can see the traits of hard work, self-discipline, consistency and resilience in his contributions to science. Though he was considered not to be a genius by many, he still managed to achieve enormous success that changed the world permanently.• Darwin demonstrated a commitment to intellectual honesty, curiosity and humility by practicing what he called the golden rule. He would deliberately pay attention to material that countered his cherished beliefs, assumptions and expectations, knowing that his natural bias would be to ignore this information. • Like Darwin, by courting alternative opinions and genuinely engaging with those that disagree with us, we weaken the hold of bias over our learning and gain deeper insight. • Darwin’s incredible life achievements would not have been possible were it not for his willingness to think outside the box, and to entertain ideas that were unconventional at the time. • Darwin teaches us to be intellectually honest, and to follow the evidence, logic and facts wherever they take us, even if we have to abandon previously held beliefs, admit that we were mistaken, or come to conclusions that make us unpopular. • To follow Darwin, we can work hard to get out of our own “filter bubbles” and deliberately seek out information that contradicts with our pet beliefs. Switch your search engine or actively engage with people you ordinarily would avoid. Get into the habit of asking yourself, “What am I not seeing here?”#BiologistEOWilson #ConfirmationBias #Darwin #EliPariser #IntellectualHonesty #NaturalBias #NaturalIntelligence #Pariser #PersonalBias #PetBeliefs #Darwin’SGoldenRule #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #PeterHollins #TheScienceofSelf #ThinkLikeaGenius

Hear it Here - http://bit.ly/DecisionMakingHollins00:02:08 Ego Depletion 00:08:48 Combat Decision Fatigue00:14:40 Impulsive and knee-jerk reactions usually turn out to be very bad or wrong.00:15:19 Lower Transaction Costs• The concept of ego depletion is important because it leads directly to decision fatigue. With overuse, certain cognitive processes can flag and wane, in exactly the same way that muscles tire with extended exercise.• When you reach decision fatigue, your decisions become incredibly suboptimal because you will either become paralyzed or make a rash, unresearched decision. Your willpower can perform weakly, in the same way that a tired muscle is just not as strong. • How can you preemptively deal with the effects of ego depletion and willpower fatigue? You can time your decisions wisely such that they made only when rested such as in the morning or after a rest or a meal• You can categorize the trivial daily decisions you have and make sure to only allot a trivial amount of time to them, drawing limits on how much attention you’ll spend on inconsequential decisions. Ask what risks are attached to a decision, the impact it will have, and whether you’ll care about it in a month’s time. • You can treat yourself like an athlete and make sure you are mentally tapering off in preparation of big decisions, you can give yourself more time than is necessary to reduce the role of stress and anxiety. Anxiety and low mood can color our decisions. Don’t rush!• You can also work on manipulating your transaction costs to make good decisions more of a default option, while bad decisions are more difficult. • By automating as many decisions as possible, you take certain decisions out of your hands and get them done without you needing to spend any extra effort. Use tools, habits and routines to make good decisions automatic, saving your mental resources for those truly demanding decisions. #AnalysisParalysis #Baumeister #EgoDepletion #MentalBandwidth #MentalFatigue #MentalResources #TrivialDecisions #PrimedForGoodDecisions #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #PeterHollins #TheScienceofSelf #TheArtofStrategicDecisionMaking/home/russell/temp/muscle-strong/muscle-strong-african-american-man-standing-on-street-while-break-in-training-7869680-Barbara-Olsen.jpg

00:00:17 today we pull from Peter Holland's new book The lifelong learner it contends that Humans have a startling tendency to gravitate toward the mundane, the monotonous, and the known.00:00:52 Judith Bardwick, a management theorist, used the term "comfort zone" in her 1991 work, Danger in the Comfort Zone.00:03:37 Abraham Maslow's (1943) theory of self-actualization posits that humans have an innate need to reach their full potential.00:04:06 Perhaps someone like Thomas Edison, the American inventor whose advancements to the light bulb made it a symbol of brilliance?00:04:31 According to renowned Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck in her book Mindset, it is not IQ, ability, or education that distinguishes successful people.00:06:05 Psychologist Andy Molinsky has dedicated his career to understanding why people resist leaving their comfort zones, and how they can overcome that resistance.00:06:59 Use the 3 Cs to Achieve Escape Velocity In his research, Molinsky discovered three techniques that people utilize to successfully venture outside of their comfort zones.00:09:27 Using the Three Cs: Conviction A sense of conviction is important in many aspects of life.00:10:17 Meet Barbara.00:15:00 Using the Three Cs: Customization In the world of fashion, customization is a process that allows you to take an existing piece of clothing and make it your own.00:18:20 What I do in those situations is go earlier than everyone else.00:22:45 Using the Three Cs: Clarity Clarity is gaining an objective, logical viewpoint of the difficulties you are facing.00:23:33 Psychotherapist Tori Rodriguez says that acknowledging and challenging negative thoughts can lead to greater clarity and understanding of life.00:28:25 Distorted thinking that results from a lack of clarity can also lead to frequent Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTs).• Embracing the uncharted terrain of leaving your comfort zones aids in the development of confidence and resilience, allowing you to continue developing and learning for the rest of your life. This acquired understanding eventually means that your comfort zone has increased even further and you are now in the growth zone.• Psychologist Andy Molinsky has dedicated his career to understanding why people resist leaving their comfort zones, and how they can overcome that resistance using three Cs: conviction, customization, and clarity. You must develop strong convictions, which are your core beliefs, such as altruism, generosity, gratitude, integrity, accountability, and perseverance.• Customization relates to your ability to successfully adjust your behavior to your surroundings without losing yourself in the process. Consider it "fitting in" without fully "giving in." You're still you, just slightly altered (e.g., wearing your power suit, carrying your lucky charm, etc.) to trick yourself into feeling at ease and easily blending into your surroundings. Lastly, you must have clarity, which is obtaining an objective, rational perspective on the problems you are facing. By challenging your negative thoughts, you can gain a clearer picture of your challenges.#AbrahamMaslows #AutomaticNegativeThoughtsANTs #Carney #CarolDweck #CognitiveDistortions #ComfortZone #JudithBardwick #LebermanMartin #LifelongLearners #Molinsky #Molinskys #PositiveEnergy #ToriRodriguez #ThreeCs #From“ComfortZone”To“GrowthZone” #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #PeterHollins #TheScienceofSelf #LifelongLearnerPhoto by Pavel-Danilyuk and Pexels

Hear it Here - bit.ly/3FooG0d00:02:42 Emotional Regulation 00:10:02 The Life Cycle of an Emotion • Keeping a gratitude journal is a great way to create genuine feelings of positivity. • Rather than creating good emotions and getting rid of negative ones, we can practice emotional self-regulation and become conscious masters of our own ever-unfolding emotional experience.• What makes an emotion good or bad is the context and our own goals and values. We regulate when we decide which emotions to attend to, when, how, and for how long. • Emotions have a life cycle, and we can manage those emotions at any point in the cycle—before the situation, during the situation, with our attention, with our cognitive appraisal, and finally, with our emotional response. Generally, the sooner you intervene, the easier it is to modify the situation. • Ask, “Is the way I’m thinking about this problem working for me right now?”#CognitiveEvaluation #EmotionalOutcomes #EmotionalReality #EmotionalRegulation #EmotionalResponse #GratitudeJournal #NegativeEmotionalRegulation #NegativeThinking #ToxicPositivity #VulnerableEmotions #OneUnderappreciatedWayToGenuinelyFeelBetter #NickTrenton #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #StopNegativeThinking