Eric Barker || How to Be Awesome at Life

The Psychology Podcast

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Social Sciences, Science

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2017

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Eric Barker is the author of the widely popular blog, "Barking Up The Wrong Tree", and he has a new book out with the same title. Barker is known for his science-informed articles on how to be awesome at life. For today’s episode, we focus on a range of topics relating to being awesome in life, including when to grit and when to quit, whether nice guys really finish last, the perils of self-esteem, how it's who you know instead of what you know that really matters, and how people can achieve success while striking a work-life balance. It's a fun and playful episode that contains a high-level discussion of many of the most researched constructs in psychology today, such as introversion/extroversion, giving/taking, deliberate practice/grit, and much more! To learn more about Eric, check out his blog at bakadesuyo.com For a month of free access to over 8,000 awesome video lectures, check out thegreatcoursesplus.com/Psych. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-podcast/support

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the psychology podcast with Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman where we give
0:04.6	you insights into the mind, brain, behavior, and creativity. Each episode will feature
0:09.3	a new guest who will stimulate your mind and give you a greater understanding of yourself, others, and the world we live in.
0:14.8	Hopefully we'll also provide a glimpse into human possibility.
0:18.0	Thanks for listening and enjoy the podcast. And now it's a great pleasure to have Eric Barker on the podcast.
0:42.4	Barker is the creator of the blog
0:44.4	aptly titled Barking Up the Wrong Tree, which presents science-backed answers
0:49.3	and expert insight on how to be awesome at life. His work has been mentioned in the New York Times, the
0:54.6	Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic Monthly, Time Magazine, The Week, and Business Insider.
0:59.7	He is a former Hollywood screenwriter, having worked on projects for Walt Disney Pictures,
1:03.7	20th Century Fox and Revolution Studios.
1:06.1	He's a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.
1:08.6	Wohoo!
1:09.6	And holds a, sorry, and holds an MBA from Boston College and a master of fine arts from UCLA.
1:15.1	His latest book is Barking Up the Wrong Tree, The Surprising Science Behind
1:20.1	Why Everything You Know About success is mostly wrong.
1:23.4	Hey, thanks so much for chatting with me today, Eric.
1:26.0	Well, it's great to be talking to you, Scott.
1:28.0	Great to be talking to you, too.
1:30.0	I feel like I've known you from afar for a while, so it's nice to finally chat with you.
1:35.8	Absolutely. Fascinating, fascinating book. I'm a scientist myself, but you know, I learned a lot. I always learned a lot from your blogs and thought we could discuss a lot of the
1:44.8	contents of it maybe leave some of the goodies out so people will still buy the book.
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