451: Deploying your Mental Energy Brilliantly with Dr. Art Markman (Co-Host of The Two Guys on your Head Podcast)

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🗓️ 14 June 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Professor Art Markman shares insights from cognitive science research for us to be smarter every day at work.

— YOU'LL LEARN —

1) The secret to making a great first impression.

2) The pros and cons of high energy.

3) The role of dissatisfaction in motivating yourself.

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— ABOUT ART —

Art Markman is a Professor of Psychology and Marketing at the University of Texas at Austin. He got his ScB from Brown University and his PhD from the University of Illinois. Before coming to the University of Texas, Art taught at Northwestern University and Columbia University.

Art’s research explores thinking. Art is also the executive editor of the journal of Cognitive Science and is a former executive officer of the Cognitive Science Society. Art has always been interested in bringing insights from Cognitive Science to a broader audience. To that end, he writes blogs for many sites including Psychology Today and Fast Company. He consults for companies interested in using Cognitive Science in their businesses. Art is also on the scientific advisory boards for the Dr. Phil Show and the Dr. Oz Show.

• Art’s book: “Bring Your Brain to Work”

• Art’s website: http://www.smartthinkingbook.com/

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Research: “The Illusion of Explanatory Depth” by Frank Keil & Leonid Rozenbilt

• Term: Halo effect

• Term: Yearkes-Dodson Law

• Tool: Slack

• Book: “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” by JD Vance

• Book: “Our Towns: A 100,000 Mile Journey Into the Heart of America” by Deborah Fallows and James Fallows

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0:00.0	Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast, the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required to flourish at work.
0:10.0	Enjoy more career fund, wins, meaning, and money.
0:14.0	With your host, Pete McKitis.
0:19.0	Hello and thanks for joining us here for episode 451 with Dr. Art Markman. Art is bringing it when it comes to
0:25.9	cognitive science research insights to make you smarter at work right up my alley
0:31.4	and I think yours too.
0:32.7	So you'll learn one, the secret to making a great first impression,
0:35.8	two, the pros and cons of high energy,
0:38.1	and three, the rule of dissatisfaction
0:40.4	and motivating yourself.
0:41.9	So if you want to check out the show notes or the transcript or the links to items we've referenced,
0:45.3	it's over to awesome at your job.com slash eep 451.
0:48.8	Now here's art's story. Art Markman is a professor of psychology and marketing at the
0:52.1	University of Texas at Austin.
0:54.0	He got his SCB from Brown University and his PhD from the University of Illinois.
0:58.0	Hey!
0:59.0	Before coming to the University of Texas, Art taught at Northwestern University and Columbia.
1:03.0	Arts of Research explores thinking, and he is also the executive editor of the Journal of Cognitive
1:08.4	Science and the former executive officer of the Cognitive Science Society.
1:13.0	Art has always been interested in bringing insights from cognitive science to a broader audience.
1:17.0	And to that end, he writes blogs for many sites, including psychology today, and Fast Company.
1:21.0	He consults for companies interested in using cognitive science
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