Caroline Webb || How to Have a Good Day During a Global Pandemic

The Psychology Podcast

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Social Sciences, Science

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Today it is great to have Caroline Webb on the podcast. Webb is an executive coach, author and speaker who specializes in showing people how to use insights from behavioral science to improve their professional lives. Her book on that topic, How To Have A Good Day, has been published in 14 languages and more than 60 countries. She is also a Senior Advisor to McKinsey, where she was previously a partner. Time Stamps [01:30] How To Have A Good Day during a pandemic [03:37] The power of practicing mindfulness [08:44] Emotional contagion and deliberate focus [09:56] The state of affairs and focusing on what we can control [13:55] Caroline’s philosophy of “realistic optimism” [17:07] Realistic optimism vs aggressive positivity [20:55] How mental contrasting can help you have a good day [24:07] Changing your environment to change your behaviour [24:48] Does positive thinking work? [30:20] How coaching can help you [32:00] Caroline’s coaching sessions [37:00] Caroline’s scenic route to the field of psychology [40:09] How coaching is not always grounded in science [42:49] The universal need for coaching [46:24] Listening as a basic coaching skill [49:32] Helping people engage with their own creativity [52:22] Burning Man and living a good life --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-podcast/support

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Psychology Podcast, where we give you insights into the mind, brain, behavior, and creativity.
0:13.0	I'm Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman,
0:15.0	and in each episode I have a conversation with a guest
0:18.0	who will stimulate your mind
0:19.0	and give you a greater understanding of yourself, others,
0:22.0	and the world we live in.
0:23.0	Hopefully we'll also provide a glimpse into human possibility.
0:27.0	Thanks for listening and on the podcast.
0:37.0	Webb is an executive coach, author and speaker who specializes in showing people how to use insights from behavioral science to improve
0:44.9	their professional lives.
0:46.6	Her book on that topic, How to Have a Good Day, has been published in 14 languages and
0:50.9	more than 60 countries. She's also a senior advisor to McKinsey where she was previously a partner.
0:56.0	Caroline's so excited to talk to you today.
0:59.0	It's wonderful to be here.
1:00.0	Thank you.
1:01.0	So I decided I'm going to call this pot. I rarely have
1:04.7	figured out the title of the podcast until the pot I actually have the interview with
1:08.6	the person, but I decided it's just too perfect. I'm going to call it how to have a good day during a global
1:14.4	pandemic. Well there you go. That's what we're all looking for right now isn't
1:19.1	yes it's because we're all looking for that and it just feels perfect and you're the perfect
1:23.6	person to talk about this with today so I'm so grateful to have you on the
1:28.4	psychology podcast. Thank you. So you wrote this book, How to Have a Good Day,
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