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.
SYSK Choice: People Behind the Great Firsts in History & Job Search Strategies That Work
Why Perfectionists Aren’t So Perfect & How Advertisers Target You
What to Do When You Feel Stuck & How Alternative Health Practices Can Actually Work
SYSK Choice: How to Avoid Eating Plastic & Overcoming Cognitive Bias
Take a Tour of the Human Body & Amazing Stories Your Doctor is Afraid to Tell You
How to Be The Most Influential Person in the Room & What You Never Knew About Grief
SYSK Choice: How to Get More by Doing Less & Fascinating Real-World Math Fails
How Changing Your Expectations Can Change Your Life & The Story of Pizza
Surprising New Science to Help Anyone Be Thin & How to Make Good Ideas Great
SYSK Choice: The Power of Personal Validation & Train Your Mind to Optimize Performance
How to Create More Willpower When You Need It & Skin Care Myths That Could Be Harmful
The Science of Slowing Down Aging & Things You Believe That Are Just Not True
SYSK Choice: How to Overcome Self-Deception & The Fascinating Science of Weather
Is AI Making You Lazy and Dumb? & The Secret Science of Stickiness
Have More Impact on the People Around You & Chef Secrets to Make Food Tastier
SYSK Choice: How to Think Like a Rocket Scientist & How Coffee Became Our Favorite Drink
Our Desire to Fit In and the Problems That Creates & How Language Lets Us Down
Wondery Presents: We Crashed
The Reasons Humans Act So Strangely & Why the Health of Your Mouth Really Matters
SYSK Choice: The Anatomy of Love & How Successful People Achieve Their Goals
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