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Think about the last time you did something you knew was wrong. How did you explain your actions to yourself? All of us tell stories about why we do the things we do. We justify our failures, and come up with plausible explanations for our actions. This week, Elliot Aronson explains the mental processes behind this type of self-justification, and shares how he helped develop one of the most widely-known concepts in psychology: cognitive dissonance.

If you're interested in learning more about the origins of cognitive dissonance, listen to our episode When You Need It To Be True.

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34:T558,Reissue of the lost podcasts: This podcast was found in a Sicilian fishing village with an exotic flair. The village Marzamemi centres around an ancient tonnara (tuna production factory) built by the Arabs around 1,000 A.D. You are amazing but you already knew that. Inside our brains, we have 100 billion neurons each capable of making at least 20,000 connections. Each connection is learning, understanding a way of knowing the universe. So what are we talking about when we talk about programming our minds? Well, we’re talking about changing the vast array of patterns and processes that we’ve got running. In this podcast, we explore the conflict of change Topics include: Insights from 1948 that help us understand complex systems Donald Hebb's idea behind brain patterns. The potential for patterns in the brain The easiest way to program the mind and the true potential behind NLP A new theory of how the brain works What we can learn from artificial intelligence when programming our mind Contemporary understanding of the unconscious mind How the three layers of the brains evolutionary development affect our attempts to program our minds In this far-reaching podcast, we conclude that there is a flow of change that when we follow we naturally transform the way we think. It is recommended that you listen to this podcast at least twice. NLPcourses.com35:T542,

You’ve heard me talk before on the show about the myth of knowledge being power—we know that it only becomes a power when we use it.

So today’s episode is designed to help you use your power, and get what you want by doing it.

Many of us spend our days telling ourselves we’re not good enough and not smart enough—or we give our power to things outside of us, and passively go through our days rather than reminding ourselves of our power and responsibility.

In today’s episode, I’ll help you to break yourself out of passive thinking, and get you doing rather than just dreaming. I’ll give you some tips to remind yourself of your power, tell you how to write to-do lists that will change the shape of your day, and shift your thinking from wishful thinking to actively pursuing your dreams.

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