Self-Efficacy Heuristic – How Your Brain Filters Out Its Own Potential

2025-03-02

What if the biggest thing holding you back isn’t reality—but your own brain’s unconscious filtering system? In this episode of The Vashisht Family Office Podcast, VK Singh Vashisht and Priya Kumar explore the concept of the self-efficacy heuristic—a hidden mental shortcut that limits our ambitions before we even consider them. We discuss: ✅ How neuroscience, behavioral economics, and evolutionary psychology shape self-doubt ✅ Why AI tools like ChatGPT don’t have these cognitive limitations—and how that can transform decision-making

What if the biggest thing holding you back isn’t reality—but your own brain’s unconscious filtering system?

In this episode of The Vashisht Family Office Podcast, VK Singh Vashisht and Priya Kumar explore the concept of the self-efficacy heuristic—a hidden mental shortcut that limits our ambitions before we even consider them.

We discuss:

✅ How neuroscience, behavioral economics, and evolutionary psychology shape self-doubt

✅ Why AI tools like ChatGPT don’t have these cognitive limitations—and how that can transform decision-making

✅ How to override subconscious mental barriers and unlock new possibilities in personal and professional life

🎧 Listen now to break free from self-limiting beliefs and rethink what’s truly possible.

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