This is Trend Following Radio, where great thinking comes alive.

Nobel Prize winners, legendary traders, bestselling authors, and the pros that know what drive us irrational human beings.

I am your host, Michael Covel, not filtered, raw, honest.

That's my passion.

I like to pride myself on this podcast for having the most comprehensive series of

interviews with the most accomplished psychologist alive today.

You can find all of those so far at trendfowing.com slash behavior.

Today, I add to that list.

My guest is Roy Baumeister.

He is a social psychologist who's known for his work on the self, social rejection,

sexuality, sex differences, self-control, self-esteem, self-defeating behaviors, and free will.

To name a few. His book that you should check out, willpower rediscovering the greatest human

strength. That's one of 20 plus books Roy has written. And if you do some quick

searches, you will find that across the world, other psychologists routinely cite Roy's work.

Innovative, eye-opening, I feel fortunate to continue to bring to this podcast, those people that have spent the most time in their lives, understanding what goes on in the six inches between our ears.

Without further delay, my interview with Roy Baumeister.

Music Without further delay, my interview with Roy Baumeister. So Roy, I want to jump into kind of a big picture question about you, because your topics are so damn fascinating to where you've gone in your career. And if I think

about something about like willpower, self-control, two things I want to talk about in detail

today. But give me the aha moment. I want you to talk about, you know, what you've learned

and we're going to dive into that detail. But I want to know for you personally, obviously, you're a very curious guy.

When was the moment when you saw it?

You saw it and you said, oh, my gosh, I've got something here.

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