E. Scott Geller: ...that the key to achieving your goals is simple: one step after the other

Nobody Told Me!

Entrepreneurship, Business

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🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Want to change your behavior or that of those around you? Join us as we hear from E. Scott Geller, a nationally recognized leader in the field of applied behavioral science. He is an Alumni Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology at Virginia Tech. He has written hundreds of articles and books addressing the development and evaluation of behavior-change interventions to improve quality of life.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Nobody Told Me.
0:13.4	I'm Jan Black.
0:14.4	And I'm Laura Owens.
0:15.9	What motivates people?
0:17.6	Our guest has spent a lot of time studying that question and writing about it.
0:21.9	Our guest is E. Scott Geller, a behavioral psychologist and alumni distinguished professor
0:27.2	of psychology at Virginia Tech. He specializes in studying the development of behavior change
0:33.1	interventions to improve quality of life. Professor, thank you so, so much for joining us today. Oh, it's my pleasure. It's my pleasure. Thank you. I think I've told just about everybody that your TED Talk is probably my favorite of all time. You have the most engaging voice. And it's fantastic. And I watch a lot of TED Talk talks. I'm sure my mom can attest to that.
0:54.9	She does.
0:55.2	She does.
0:55.9	We were very excited to get your yes answer to our interview.
1:01.2	You make my day.
1:03.5	You know, I'm a teacher and I'm a researcher, but all of this stuff means nothing if it doesn't get to the public.
1:10.5	There's so much pop psychology
1:12.4	out there that is totally wrong, and it's been bothering me. I've been a professor now for 49
1:18.8	years, and I've been hearing this stuff out there that's not based on psychological science.
1:24.3	It's based on somebody's common sense. And so I'm thrilled to know that I had this
1:29.2	opportunity. Many of the TED Talks, for example, they don't reference any research. In fact,
1:34.2	it's not based on research. It's based on somebody's common sense. Somebody's bias. Somebody's bias.
1:41.0	And anyway, I'm pleased that I have an opportunity to share some psychological science with your listeners.
1:48.3	Well, you have such a vast area of expertise.
1:51.6	And I'm wondering what got you interested in studying behavior?
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