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381. Change Your Mindset, Your Health, Your Life | Dr. Ellen Langer
Fatigue is affected by expectations. Mutable. Tired 2/3 of the way whether it’s 100 or 200 jumping jacks.
AI Key Takeaways
- People should immediately start becoming more mindful after understanding its benefits.
- There are two forms of reward: satiation/consumatory reward and incentive reward.
- Incentive reward mediated by dopamine is associated with exploration and play.
- Engagement in play expands one's adaptive competence and is an optimized state.
- Emotions associated with play include engagement, meaning, and depth.
- Fatigue can be influenced by mindset and limits us.
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Make-or-Break Fantasy Football Guys With Matthew Berry. Plus, Malcolm Gladwell on How to Fix Youth Sports.
Gladwell & BS: Fear-based Nature of Youth Travel Teams and the Pressure on Parents
AI Key Takeaways
- Possible great athletes are being lost due to flawed sports systems based on age and arbitrary rules.
- Travel teams operate on fear, pressuring parents to commit to demanding schedules for their kids.
- German soccer training incorporates no referees and excludes parents, which can lead to better outcomes for children in sports.
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Make-or-Break Fantasy Football Guys With Matthew Berry. Plus, Malcolm Gladwell on How to Fix Youth Sports.
Malcolm Gladwell: stop athletic scholarships and parent pressure on kids sports!
AI Key Takeaways
- There are four criteria for admissions at elite schools, including legacy, school contribution, minority status, and sporting ability.
- Sporting ability is the most influential factor in admissions, with athletes having an 83% chance of getting into Harvard compared to 16% for non-athletes.
- Donors play a significant role in determining the importance of sports at schools, driving 80% of the emphasis on athletic success.
- While D1 basketball and football receive a lot of attention, the majority of students are affected by preferential treatment given to athletes at non-D1 schools.
- The pressure to excel in sports at a young age can lead to serious health issues for female athletes, influenced by the expectations of coaches and parents.
- Reevaluating the importance of sports scholarships could potentially change how much importance is placed on athletic success.
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Ep16 "Why is everyone who disagrees with you misinformed?"
The Unconscious Internal Model in our Brains is bad. We don’t know consciously.
AI Key Takeaways
- Your brain's job is to build an internal model of the outside world
- Everything in your life is represented in this internal model
- Our unconscious internal models can be inaccurate and incomplete
- We often assume that our own truth is the only truth
- We should recognize the limitations of our internal models
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#661 - Sam Harris - How To Take Control Of Your Mind
The connection Between Being Present and getting whipped by a Dominatrix
AI Key Takeaways
- Wisdom encompasses spirituality, enlightenment, awakening, meditation, and psychedelic experiences.
- These concepts aim to understand conscious life itself and promote fulfilling well-being.
- External stimuli and experiences are often sought to provide a reason to be present in the moment.
- Mindfulness and life goals should focus on reducing dependence on external stimulus for happiness.
- Happiness should not rely on material possessions or extravagant experiences.
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#661 - Sam Harris - How To Take Control Of Your Mind
The Similarities between Dreaming and Waking Consciousness
AI Key Takeaways
- The mind is capable of experiencing discontinuity between consciousness and memory.
- Failure of reality testing is a common occurrence.
- The voice in our head often identifies with the self, causing confusion and misunderstanding.
- The origin of thoughts is subjective and mysterious.
- Waking up from a dream is similar to breaking the spell of thought.
- Dreaming and being identified with thoughts are forms of psychosis.
- Exteriorizing internal dialogue can be seen as a sign of craziness.
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#661 - Sam Harris - How To Take Control Of Your Mind
The Power of Shamelessness: Assholery as a Superpower
AI Key Takeaways
- Fluency can be seen as a proxy for truthfulness or insight.
- Assholes can use fluency to convey their message and gain a certain audience.
- Trump's shamelessness around his selfishness has become a superpower for certain people.
- Some people who pretend to be ethical and compassionate may have their own hidden motives.
- Fluency does not equate to ethical wisdom.
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#661 - Sam Harris - How To Take Control Of Your Mind
Sam Harris on attention death and the present moment.
AI Key Takeaways
- Your level of happiness is determined by what you focus your attention on and the type of mindset you have.
- Nothing in life remains stable or under control, as everything is constantly changing.
- Attaining goals only leads to temporary satisfaction and the need to set new goals.
- True satisfaction cannot be achieved by acquiring external possessions or reaching certain milestones.
- Maintaining happiness and other aspects of life requires continuous effort.
- Most people's minds are restless and unsatisfied, even when they seemingly have everything.
- The passage of time can bring wisdom and realization of false premises in our pursuits.
- The pursuit of happiness is inherently dissatisfying as it is based on the concept of constant becoming.
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Iain McGilchrist: We are in a fully deluded world
The Interrelationship Between Our right and left brain hemispheres and the World
AI Key Takeaways
- The left hemisphere sees animate things as mechanisms while the right hemisphere sees them as alive.
- The right hemisphere perceives things as they come into being for us, creating a sense of presence.
- There is an interrelationship between our minds and the world, with our minds constantly constructing it.
- The left hemisphere sees representations, like a map or theory, while the right hemisphere perceives the world we live in.
- The right hemisphere's world is flowing, complex, and alive, while the left hemisphere's world is mechanical, abstracted, and dead.
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Sam Harris ON: How To Break Your Social Media Habits & Ways to Master Your Anxious Thoughts
The Evolution of Identity at Different Stages of Life
AI Key Takeaways
- A healthy identity is desired in certain stages of life.
- Identity can mean different things at different stages of life.
- Pride may be appropriate for children, but not for adults.
- Gratitude is a more fitting and overwhelming positive emotion than pride.
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