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Nov 2023
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No.1 Neuroscientist: NEW Research Explai...

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About this episode

Is new always better? Instead of always chasing the newest thing, is there not a way that you can appreciate the people and possessions already in your life?

In this new episode Steven sits down again with leading neuroscientist, Dr. Tali Sharot.

Dr. Tali Sharot is the director of the Affective Brain Lab and Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London. Sharot’s research combines neuroscience with the study of behaviour and psychology to examine how emotions and motivation lead to people’s beliefs and decisions. She is the author of the award-winning books, ‘The Optimism Bias’ and ‘The Influential Mind’.


In this conversation Dr. Sharot and Steven discuss topics, such as:

  • How to shake up your life
  • Ways to break the feeling of being in a repetitive cycle
  • Why people become immune to joy
  • How to see what you’ve always missed
  • How to have the best holiday
  • Why you should take a break from your partner to improve your relationship
  • How to keep a relationship spicey
  • Why humans need the feeling of being in control
  • The secrets of motivation
  • Why the midlife crisis is real and the ways to beat it
  • How VR can help people overcome fear
  • Why happiness is low in midlife
  • How to increase productivity
  • Why humans get bored of happiness
  • Why the idea of living your best life doesn’t exist
  • Why people need to disrupt their life
  • How to increase your levels of happiness
  • Why 40% of people quit a new job
  • How to use change to improve your life
  • The ways that social media is like prison
  • Why social media is ruining expectations
  • Ways to make people believe you
  • How changing incentives can change your life
  • Why Gen Z will change the world
  • People becoming addicted to risk
  • Why risk can help get rid of anxiety


The brain trick image Dr Tali refers to - https://bit.ly/3sMa86R

You can pre-order Dr. Sharot’s new book, ‘Look Again: The Power of Noticing What was Always There’, here: https://amzn.to/3SEbVp5

If you enjoyed this episode, I recommend you check out my first conversation with Dr. Tali Sharot, which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DZK1nawEXQ


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