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The Science of Success

How You Are Sabotaging Yourself By Setting The Wrong Goals - And What To Do About It - With Emmy Winner & Bestselling Author Scott Halford

The Science of Success

Matt Bodnar

Self-improvement, Social Sciences, Business, Science, Entrepreneurship, Education

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2016

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we dive into how to activate your brain, create and sustain momentum to make your goals a reality, how goals can often be self-sabotaging, and the neurochemistry behind how and why all of this happens with our guest Scott Halford. If you are feeling stuck or want to make progress on a goal but can’t figure out why you’re not – listen to this episode! Scott is an Emmy Award winning writer and producer, acclaimed public speaker, and the author of Activate Your Brain. Scott is also a long-time educator of Fortune 500 executive teams on topics including achievement psychology, brain-based behavioral science, and more. We cover some incredible topics including: -How long term goals can self sabotage by triggering a “disgust” response in your brain (and what to do about it) -The ways to “erase” cortisol and other stress inducing neurochemicals -How to create momentum towards your goals and put yourself in an achievement state -Simple strategies to “activate” your brain -The “three brains” inside your head and what each of them is responsible for -The truth about multi-tasking and why its impossible -And Much More! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Science of Success with your host, Matt Bonner.

0:11.0

Welcome to the Science of Success.

0:14.0

I'm your host, Matt Bodner.

0:16.1

I'm an entrepreneur and investor in Nashville, Tennessee,

0:19.2

and I'm obsessed with the mindset of success

0:21.9

and the psychology of performance.

0:24.0

I've read hundreds of books, conducted countless hours of research and study,

0:28.0

and I'm going to take you on a journey into the human mind and what makes peak performers tick,

0:33.0

with a focus on always having our discussions rooted in psychological research and scientific fact, not opinion.

0:39.0

In this episode, we're going to go deep into how you were sabotaging yourself by setting the wrong

0:45.1

goals and what to do about it. How to activate your brain, create and sustain momentum to make your

0:51.2

goals reality, and the neurochemistry behind how and why all

0:55.7

of this happens with our guest Scott Halford. If you're feeling stuck or want to

1:00.5

make progress on a goal but you can't figure out why you're not?

1:04.0

Listen to this episode.

1:06.1

Because the science of success has exploded in popularity since launch,

1:10.0

with now more than 325,000 downloads hitting the front page of New and

1:14.0

noteworthy and much more. I want to continue giving something to my

1:17.6

listeners. I'm giving away another $100 Amazon gift card to one lucky

1:22.0

listener. All you have to do to be entered to win is to

1:24.5

text the word smarter, that's SM, AR, T, E, R, to the number 4, 4,222. That's all you have to do to be entered

1:32.1

to win.

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