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The ONE Thing

471. Hope for Cynics

The ONE Thing

NOVA Media

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

We often hear the term “naive optimism,” but the fact is, most of us are living in “naive cynicism.” Dr. Jamil Zaki joins the show today to explain why cynicism harms our well-being and businesses. He also gives us ways to combat it. Dr. Jamil Zaki is the Director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab. He has gathered his latest research in a new book, “Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness.” He walks us through the difference between healthy skepticism and cynicism, why businesses function better when cynicism is directly addressed, and the power of hope. If you’ve noticed cynicism in your organization, loved ones, or yourself, this episode will give you tools to overcome it. If you're a bold risk taker who wants to dream big and achieve a higher level of success in your life or business, visit the1thing.com. *** To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: the1thing.com/pods. We talk about: The problems that cynicism causes Why hopeful skepticism is the antidote to cynicism How to reverse organizational and interpersonal cynicism Links & Tools from This Episode: Learn more at Jamil-Zaki.com Learn more at SSNL.Stanford.edu Read “Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness” Free Resources Want to be a guest or share feedback? Email [email protected] Produced by NOVA Media

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1:00.0

Jamil Zaki who is a professor of psychology at Stanford University and the director of the

1:05.2

Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab, trained at Columbia and Harvard, white the resume, Dr. Zaki,

1:12.0

and studying empathy and kindness in the human brain.

1:15.8

He's interested in how we can learn to connect better, but specifically here to talk with

1:19.4

us about his new book, and it's called Hope for Synix. Welcome, Jamil. We're excited to have you.

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Thank you, I'm excited to be here. I got to preview the book a bit so thank you for that and in the

1:31.1

book you talk about sort of this this steady evolution that people

1:34.8

are becoming more cynical it sounds like at some point they believe that people

1:39.4

were a majority of people believe that people were generally honest and good and that's steadily

1:44.2

declining and in the book you talk about the secret for sort of beating this back, the secret for

1:49.5

minimizing the cynicism is what you call hopeful skepticism.

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