FOMO Sapiens with Patrick J. McGinnis

Patrick J. McGinnis
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Mar 15, 2021 • 14min

Weird & Wild Feedback Stories

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Mar 11, 2021 • 35min

18. Hate Giving Feedback? Let's Fix that Now

Do you hate giving feedback? Are you afraid to hurt someone’s feelings, become the bad guy, or that they won’t be open to hearing it? That’s probably because you were never taught how to give effective feedback.Dr. Therese Huston, cognitive scientist and founding director of The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Seattle University, shares insights from her new book Let’s Talk: Making Effective Feedback Your Superpower to help identify the difference between effective and ineffective models so that any feedback you provide, negative or positive, will be constructive, meaningful, and clear.By applying these simple strategies, you will gain confidence in providing the most effective feedback for both you and your employees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 8, 2021 • 15min

Listener Mail: How to Pitch a VC

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Mar 4, 2021 • 32min

17. Vision Science: If You See Success Are You More Likely to Attain it?

Have you ever felt frustrated when trying to achieve a specific goal? Maybe you need to see success to achieve it. Dr. Emily Balcentis, Professor of Social Psychology at NYU, whose TED Talk has surpassed 4 million views, explains the biology-brain connection between what you see and what you can actually get done, also known as Vision Science. In her recent book, "Clearer, Closer, Better: How Successful People See the World," Emily provides insights into how highly successful people tend to see the world differently and how their methods can be replicated. One of the tactics is narrowing your focus of attention. Doing so makes goals start seeming more attainable. In return, it boosts your psychology, pumping confidence and gearing the body up to the challenge physiologically. To conclude the show, Emily expands on other useful strategies and provides practical suggestions to use these powerful tactics in your business and everyday life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 1, 2021 • 14min

Bucket List Basics

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Feb 25, 2021 • 37min

16. Die With Nothing Left on Your To-Do List

Consider this question: If you had only one day more to live, what would you do?That's what Ben Nemtim, keynote speaker and New York Times best-selling author of What Do You Want To Do Before You Die? asked himself in 2006 and that question was the start of a new journey.Ben recounts how a college project, The Buried Life, allowed him to answer that question by making a list of seemingly impossible goals and then going after them. In the process, he surprised himself by doing things like playing basketball with President Obama and having a beer with Prince Harry.Ben also provides practical advice for team leaders and how supporting your team members' bucket list can increase productivity and retain top performers in any business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 22, 2021 • 11min

Listener Mail and Finding Flow

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Feb 18, 2021 • 31min

15. The Neurobiology of Peak Performance with Steven Kotler

Steven Kotler, New York Times bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and Executive Director for the Flow Research Collective unpacks the formula to achieve peak performance and the science to sustain it.Steven shares how he became an expert in human performance and how he can replicate peak performance through Flow, an optimal state of consciousness where humans feel and perform their best.To conclude the show, Steven provides practical tips to get more Flow into your life and an online assessment to understand your Flow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 15, 2021 • 13min

How to Cold Call on LinkedIn

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Feb 11, 2021 • 33min

14. How to Not Die (or Wake Up) Alone

Logan Ury, Director of Relationship Science for the dating app Hinge and author of "How to Not Die Alone" discusses the evolution of dating apps and their use during COVID-19 - a period during which most of us have felt more alone than ever.She talks about how her background in behavioral psychology has helped her use data-driven evidence in her research of online dating and finding the key to a happy relationship.She also gives us her take on the three common dating personas that people embody when looking for their "ideal" relationship: the romanticizer, the maximizer, and the hesitator. Logan and Patrick discuss how FOBO - or the "Fear of a Better Option" - can play a big role in how some people approach dating and how FOBO can also lead individuals down a never-ending search for that "perfect match."Finally, Logan provides her take on how she thinks that dating will evolve in the future - from more video dating via apps to increased gender fluidity and types of dating among Gen Z daters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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