I am sure you have had to perform under pressure. And so you know that it is difficult to do and often your performance suffers. But why? Well a couple of interesting things happen in that situation and when you understand them you can make the experience of performing under pressure a lot easier. Listen as I begin this episode with this fascinating intel.
Then, we are going to explore the process of making choices. Today, we have so many choices for everything – breakfast cereal, cars, food, careers – everywhere choices abound! And that can be great except that too many choices can actually be paralyzing. Anyone who has spent more time choosing what show to watch on Netflix than actually watching a show knows what I mean. Barry Schwartz, author of the book, The Paradox of Choice (http://amzn.to/2n9IpHD) joins me to explain why trying to make the “best” choice may be a waste of time and he offers a better way to make choices that will leave you more satisfied.
Have you heard that we only use about 10% of our brain? Well, that turns out to be nonsense and it is just one of several myths about the brain we will clear up in this episode.
What attracts men to women and women to men? Allan Pease has some very interesting answers. Allan has been studying how people communicate and he is author of the book, Why Men Want Sex and Women Need Love (http://amzn.to/2Fcp7IW). Listen as he explains how to make yourself more attractive to the opposite sex based on evolutionary drives and urges that still rule our feelings and actions.
Why You Love The Music You Love & The Horrible Things You Tell Yourself
Surprising Ways Being Indoors Affects You & The Lazy Way to Get Things Done
SYSK Choice: Are Winning Streaks A Real Thing? & How to Stay Focused When Distracted
The Amazing YouTube Success Story & Why We Behave the Way We Do
How to Learn Anything So It Sticks & Peculiarities of the Human Brain
SYSK Choice: How Food Companies Skew What We Eat & How to Avoid Tech Stress
How to Make and Improve Friendships & Why English Can Get So Confusing
How Batteries Changed the World & Why Status and Culture Matter
SYSK Choice: Why Your Sense of Smell is So Important & Why Your Bucket List is Time-Sensitive
The Problem With Being Too Nice & Mastering Everyday Negotiations
How You Treat People Affects Your Health & How A Simple Surprise Can Change Your Life Forever
SYSK Choice: Fascinating Benefits of Insects & Having Everything is Rarely Enough
How to Organize, Prioritize and Get Things Done & How to Achieve Peak Performance
Why You Eat The Way You Do & Why We All Love a Good Mystery
SYSK Choice: How to Deal With FOMO & Optimizing Your Immunity
How to Tell What Someone is REALLY Thinking & The Mystery and Lore of Shipwrecks
The Power of Being Humble in a Narcissistic World & Where Stars Come From
SYSK Choice: Unusual Facts You Never Knew & Your Solution to Too Much Paper
What Love Does To You & The Oddities of Death
Is Junk Food Really So Bad? & How Buildings Affect Your Health and Behavior
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