Dr. Maya Shankar completed a post-doctoral fellowship in cognitive neuroscience at Stanford, after receiving a Ph.D. from Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship and a B.A. from Yale in cognitive science. She is currently the Senior Director of Behavioral Economics at Google. Previously she served as a Senior Advisor in the Obama White House, where she founded and served as Chair of the White House's Behavioral Science Team and as the first Behavioral Science Advisor to the United Nations under Ban Ki-moon.
On her podcast A Slight Change of Plans, a production of Pushkin Industries, she aims to hold intimate conversations that give an unvarnished look into how people navigate changes of all kinds and use that change to ultimately grow. Maya uncovers little-known personal stories and reflections from familiar names, like Hillary Clinton, Tiffany Haddish and Kacey Musgraves, and extraordinary stories from real-life inspirations, like a young cancer researcher in the throes of a stage 4 diagnosis and a Black jazz musician who convinced hundreds of KKK members to leave the Klan.
Sponsor: https://www.pushkin.fm/show/slight-change-of-plans/
Guest: Maya Shankar | https://www.instagram.com/aslightchange/
762 - Changes to Tiny Leaps
HB: Cultivate Meaningful Relationships
HB: Personal Development Burnout
761 - Taking Action vs Preparation
760 - Are You, You?
759 - Own The Pressure
758 - You Can’t Control Change
757 - Stop Thinking
756 - You Can Do This
755 - Struggling With Weightloss
754 - The Need to Connect
753 - What is Your Vision?
752 - Stop Asking for Permission
751 - Say Yes
750 - You Are Your Best You
749 - The Truth About Perfectionism
748 - One Simple Productivity Tip
747 - The Curse of Ambition
746 - Do Push Notifications Work?
745 - Does Tracking Your Goals Help?
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