The Science of Self

Easily listen to The Science of Self in your podcast app of choice at https://bit.ly/ScienceOfSelfPodcast00:08:03 Reverse the Practice Order00:10:09 Embrace the Growth Mindset00:11:20 Be Aware of Cognitive Biases00:14:53 The Stages of MasteryHear it Here - https://adbl.co/3vumSjN• Energy isn’t infinite; we need to be strategic to make the best use of it. Energy tends to be higher at the start of a session, so practice the more challenging tasks first. Aim for skills that are about five to ten percent above the current maximum skill level. Be willing to push outside your comfort zone.• Learning proceeds through four stages: unconscious incompetence, conscious incompetence, conscious competence, and unconscious competence—pitch your efforts according to the needs and skills of the level you’re at.#Practice #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #PeterHollins #TheScienceofSelf #TheArtofPractice #UnderstandingEnergyLevels

Easily listen to The Science of Self in your podcast app of choice at https://bit.ly/ScienceOfSelfPodcast00:02:57 The Cycle of Laziness00:06:31 Unhelpful Assumptions or Made-Up Rules00:09:59 Increasing Discomfort00:11:27 Making Excuses00:13:11 Avoidance00:14:58 Negative and Positive ConsequencesHear it Here - https://bit.ly/PowerOfSelfDiscipline • It can be tempting to think of your self-discipline as isolated incidents that you must overcome. This would be a mistake. Self-discipline does not exist in a vacuum and is highly dependent on five factors that make up the cycle of self-discipline. Or, more accurately, the cycle of laziness. • The phases are unhelpful assumptions (“Life is short, so I should enjoy it and not spend my precious time washing that dusty car!”); increasing discomfort from knowingly avoiding responsibility (“I’d rather not wash the car. It’s boring and uncomfortable.”); excuses to decrease discomfort (“It’s perfectly reasonable for me not to wash the car. It’s so hot outside I would melt.”); avoidance activities to decrease discomfort (“I will clean the bathroom instead. I’m still productive!”); and negative and positive consequences from avoiding responsibility (“Ah, I feel better about myself now. Oh, wait. I still need to wash that car . . .”)—at which point you find yourself right back at the beginning, except with less willpower and incentive than before because negative consequences create pessimism, while positive consequences create self-sabotage.#Discomfort #PositiveConsequences #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #PeterHollins #TheScienceofSelf #UnderstandTheCycle;BreakTheCycle

Easily listen to The Science of Self in your podcast app of choice at https://bit.ly/ScienceOfSelfPodcast00:01:58 •Scheduling00:04:18 •Time boxing00:05:23 •Eliminating distractions 00:08:27 •Single task at a time00:09:13 •Using flow states00:14:46 •Halo effect 00:15:27 •Anchoring effect00:15:57 •Bandwagon effect00:16:19 •Familiarity bias00:18:46 •Recognize that you might be susceptible to bias 00:19:14 •Consider the opposite00:19:37 •Seek contrary perspectives, evidence, and opinions00:20:28 •Reframe the problem00:20:52 •Don’t commit too soon00:21:17 •Speed and stress don’t help00:21:44 •Use objective measures 00:25:06 •Find a community that lives your values00:26:27 •Attach the identity to yourselfHear it Here - https://adbl.co/3Lz7o1b• Brains have limited attentional capacity, and multitasking comes with a switching cost. We can tweak our environment to make the most of our attention and be more productive: we can fine-tune our scheduling strategy, use “time-boxing” and cut down on distractions. It’s easier to get into a “flow state” when we focus on one task at a time without distraction.• Cognitive biases are distortions in our judgments and perceptions, and can undermine our ability to think clearly, especially if they’re unconscious. To make more objective decisions, acknowledge that you may be susceptible to bias, seek contrary perspectives, reframe the problem and don’t act in haste. • Finally, we can use our need for identity to support good habit formation by seeking communities with shared values and deliberately attaching that identity to ourselves. #AbbinkHarris #Abuhamdeh #AdamGrant #ANeuralNetworkFramework #BandwagonEffect #BoundaryManagement #Csikszentmihalyi #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #PeterHollins #TheScienceofSelf #AttentionManagementPeterHollins

Easily listen to The Science of Self in your podcast app of choice at https://bit.ly/ScienceOfSelfPodcast00:02:47 The Deliberate Practice Roadmap00:05:51 1. Naive Practice00:06:35 2. Purposeful Practice00:07:23 3. Deliberate Practice00:10:47 1. Find a Teacher or Substitute Teacher00:12:16 2. Assess Your Limits00:13:13 3. Set a Reaching SMART Goal00:14:08 4. Practice with Focus00:15:03 5. Get Feedback00:17:31 Slow Practice00:19:34 How to Apply Slow PracticeHear it Here - https://adbl.co/3vumSjN• To learn effectively, you need more than talent. You need a solid plan of attack, the right mindset, and plenty of contingency planning—i.e., you need to learn how to learn. • Not all practice is created equal. There are three types: naive, purposeful, and deliberate practice, the latter being most effective. This is where we act deliberately in a well-defined field with clear distinctions between experts and novices, with a skilled coach providing tailored practice strategies and feedback.• The deliberate practice roadmap is a reiterative spiral: It begins with finding a teacher, then entails assessing your limits, setting SMART goals, focused practice, and feedback . . . and then it repeats. • Slow practice is practicing a sequence at a slower tempo first and gradually increasing the speed to reach the desired performance level.#DeliberatePractice #Feedback #Focus #NaivePractice #PurposefulPractice #SlowPractice #SMART #WilliamShort #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #PeterHollins #TheScienceofSelf #TheArtofPractice #YouNeedAStrategy

Easily listen to The Science of Self in your podcast app of choice at https://bit.ly/ScienceOfSelfPodcast00:04:00 The pleasure principle00:14:18 Time Orientation00:21:51 “Baseball’s Great Experiment: Your 2017 World Series Champs."00:24:02 It’s Up to YouHear it Here - https://bit.ly/PowerOfSelfDiscipline• Another aspect of being unable to move past the present moment and plan for the future is how the neurotransmitter dopamine influences our actions. Humans abide by the pleasure principle; we seek pleasure and avoid pain whenever possible, even subconsciously. Acting self-disciplined very rarely brings you pleasure, and most of the time it actively brings some measure of pain or at least discomfort. That’s a problem. We must change the way we think about pleasure and pain, and who we want to benefit the most: in most cases, your future self.• Time orientation is yet another problem with self-discipline. Some of us are present-oriented—this will not serve you well because you won’t be able to act in the best interests of future you. Others of us are future-oriented—we think about what we want in the future and work backward to create it. This perspective meshes much better with self-discipline. In the fable of the ant and the grasshopper, the diligent ant is future-oriented and survives the winter, while the hedonistic grasshopper is present-oriented and starves.• In the end, despite all these obstacles, whether or not you have self-discipline is up to you. This is in a literal sense—the placebo effect has shown that however much you believe you have, that’s what you’ll have. This is empowering and freeing because it means there is nothing between you and what you want—besides you. It’s up to you. This is actually ultimate freedom, not restriction, as self-discipline is sometimes framed. Take it as a challenge to be overcome.#BaseballsGreatExperiment #BEINGDISCIPLINED #Dopamine #Immediacy #Patience #PLEASUREGAINED #Presentoriented #Selfdiscipline #StanfordProfessorPhilZimbardos #TimeOrientation #TimeParadox #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #PeterHollins #TheScienceofSelf #TheBrainThatWorksAgainstYou

Looking to boost your motivation and productivity? Lower your standards and raise your results with the power of action! Watch this video for some game-changing tips.Think Less; Do More: Create An Action Bias, Stop Overthinking, and Learn How to Actually Change Your Life (Live a Disciplined Life Book 15) By: Peter HollinsHear it Here - https://adbl.co/46YVcld00:00:00 Think Less, Do More00:02:07 Lower Your Standards—Yes, Really!00:09:57 Forget Perfection.00:11:43 Focus On Process, Not Outcome.00:16:29 Go With What Works.00:18:28 Action Is The Beginning Of Motivation.00:26:29 Action Creates Motivation Creates Commitment.https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYZ25QSM Practical and actionable tips to overcome a lack of motivation. Get into action on command!Hey, you can't THINK and DO at the same time. I know which one I would want to do more of. What about you?Start whatever you want, and finish what you start.Think Less; Do More is your guide to actually changing your life. It's about taking action. You know it, but you just don't do it. Welcome to the guide that will get you into motion, no matter your circumstances, excuses, or distraction.This book is a psychological throwdown to your brain: shape up, or ship out! Every chapter will get you motivated, moving, or slowly sliding into the first few steps of your next task/goal. And you won't even realize it. There is no BS here, and there is no beating around the bush. This book is like rocket fuel.How to finally accomplish all the goals you've put off for years.Peter Hollins has studied psychology and peak human performance for over a dozen years and is a bestselling author. He has worked with a multitude of individuals to unlock their potential and path towards success. His writing draws on his academic, coaching, and research experience.The real science of changing your life. The magic of lowering your standards How action actually creates motivation and drive How to change your relationship with risk The focusing power of a "don't do" list Writing a "burner list" Use a superstructure decision model for prioritizing Your personalized ultradian rhythmsHow to resist distractions and beat all of your mental objections. #ActionBias #StopOverthinking #ArtPressfield #GrantCordone #PeterHollins #StevenPressfield #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #ThinkLess;DoMore #TwoWaysToOvercomeResistance

Easily listen to The Science of Self in your podcast app of choice at https://bit.ly/ScienceOfSelfPodcastHear it Here - https://adbl.co/3Lz7o1b• Improving our lives is difficult primarily because we lack the knowledge of how to do so and the right tools. But it’s also intrinsically difficult because of our brain’s natural weaknesses and flaws. • We can use scientifically proven general strategies for helping us achieve our goals, given our brain’s drawbacks. • One issue is that we cannot force our way out of acquired habit by willpower alone, and we cannot use neural connections that simply aren’t there. But we can build connections with every repetition until it becomes automatic. Behaviors consist of triggers, routines and rewards. We can work with this habit loop and re-engineer the habits we already have, so the desired behavior becomes easy and automatic – with time! Consistency is key.#AnthonyTrollope #AttentionManagement #AuthorJamesClear #HabitFormation #JaarsveldPottsWardle #MadoreWagner #MishraMizrenichSagar #Multitasking #Neuroplasticity #TimeManagement #UnlockYourExceptionalLife #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #PeterHollins #TheScienceofSelf

00:01:09 “What’s wrong with me?"00:01:20 Step 1: Notice How Your Body Feels00:02:26 Step 2: Notice Areas Of Tension00:03:22 Step 3: Get Specific00:05:20 Step 4: Analyze Your Mind Map00:08:14 Step 5: Make A Resolution Remember the power of action.Easily listen to The Science of Self in your podcast app of choice at https://bit.ly/ScienceOfSelfPodcastHear it Here - https://adbl.co/3XaytgD• NLP’s rewind technique is similar and helps combat PTSD by rebooting the neurochemical pathways of the traumatized brain. An association is identified and a mismatch experience set up, where the person dwells in a safe place while watching the traumatic memory play out as though on a TV. They then experience the situation again and again, but in reverse, so they land up in a place before the trauma happened. • By reliving traumatic events, you expose yourself to trauma but in a physically dissociative way, and so you eventually fade the emotional component.#ClinicalPsychology #CPTSD #complexPTSD #DrDavidMuss #GivensInstitute #KatherineVilnrotter #MismatchExperience #Posttraumatic #PTSD #RewindTechnique #TargetLearning #Therapize #Vilnrotter #Visualize #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #HowtoTherapizeandHealYourself #TheRewindTechnique #NickTrenton

Discover the five mental hindrances to self-discipline, from animosity and laziness to anxiety and doubt. Learn how these obstacles can draw immediate focus away from long-term goals. Explore the journey of overcoming self-doubt through practical steps, highlighting the importance of discipline in achieving dreams. Buddhist philosophy offers insights on tackling these mental barriers, showing that embracing discomfort is essential for personal growth and fulfillment.

Easily listen to The Science of Self in your podcast app of choice at https://bit.ly/ScienceOfSelfPodcast00:03:27 Eleanor Maguire did the classic study00:08:54 We now know that strengthening one connection can weaken others00:10:12 •Physical activity00:10:48 •Sleep 00:11:38 •Diet and nutrition00:13:22 •Omega-3 supplements00:13:39 •Consistency00:16:07 StressHear it Here - https://adbl.co/3Lz7o1b• Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to change and adapt to reflect demands from the environment. This means that neural connections can be “rewired,” and the brain can evolve, adapt, and change, not just in childhood but throughout life.• Many things affect neuroplasticity, such as stress, physical activity, sleep, illness, diet and other lifestyle factors. If we understand how to work with our brain’s innate capacity to change itself, we can use specially designed techniques to maximize on our potential. #AdultNeuroplasticity #Biwer #VisualCortex #Conklin #CowenBrowning #CoxPipingasScholey #Curcumin #Depression #DevelopingNeuronalCircuits #DLS #EffectiveLearning #EGCG #EleanorMaguire #Exercise #Fatty #FuchsFlugge #HeterosynapticPlasticity #Jenks #Karkare #Longchain #Maguire #Malvaez #Mandolesi #MotorFunction #Neural #Neuroplasticity #NeuroplasticityStress #OccipitotemporalLobectomy #Omega3 #Oolong #Plasticity #Polyphenols #REM #SinghKarkare #SuperBrain #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #PeterHollins #TheScienceofSelf #SuperBrain #Neuroplasticity