#447 - Ayelet Fishbach - The Psychology Of Human Motivation
Modern Wisdom
Chris Williamson
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🗓️ 14 March 2022
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Ayelet Fishbach is a Professor of Behavioural Science and Marketing at the University of Chicago and an author.
The ability to motivate ourselves to do the things we want to do and stop doing the things we don't would be a superpower. Sadly, motivation tends to be fleeting if it's not outright elusive and relying on YouTube motivational speeches can only help so much.
Expect to learn why your goal setting is probably all wrong, why plans to not do something are much less likely to succeed, how to overcome motivation dips, how to deal with negative feedback, why you shouldn't rely on willpower and self-control, the solution to juggling multiple goals at once and much more...
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody, welcome back to this show. |
| 0:03.2 | My guest today is Ayelet Fishback. |
| 0:05.6 | She's a professor of behavioral science and marketing |
| 0:08.2 | at the University of Chicago and an author. |
| 0:11.4 | The ability to motivate ourselves to do the things we want to do |
| 0:14.9 | and stop doing the things we don't would be a superpower. |
| 0:18.2 | Sadly, motivation tends to be fleeting |
| 0:20.8 | if it's not outright elusive. |
| 0:22.9 | And relying on YouTube motivational speeches |
| 0:26.3 | can only help so much. |
| 0:27.9 | Today, expect to learn why your goal setting is probably all wrong. |
| 0:32.0 | Why plans to not do something |
| 0:34.0 | are much less likely to succeed? |
| 0:36.0 | How to overcome motivation dips? |
| 0:37.6 | How to deal with negative feedback? |
| 0:39.4 | Why you shouldn't rely on willpower and self-control? |
| 0:42.4 | The solution to juggling multiple goals at once? |
| 0:45.2 | And much more. |
| 0:47.1 | This is one of the fundamental modern human problems |
| 0:50.8 | as far as I can see it. |
| 0:51.8 | We want ourselves to do a thing tomorrow and yet, |
| 0:54.4 | when we wake up, we find ourselves not doing it, |
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