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The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

Jonah Sachs on Unsafe Thinking

The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed

Self-improvement, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Buddhism

4.52.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Jonah Sachs is an author, speaker, and viral marketing trailblazer who helped spur the 21st-century values revolution, which brought the ideas of social change to the forefront of business and popular culture. Jonah’s work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, Fox News, NPR, and many others. He also pens a column for Fast Company, which named him one of today’s 50 most influential social innovators.   In this episode, Eric and Jonah talk about the ways he encourages and challenges us to think differently in an effort to bring forth important social change. But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you! In This Interview, Jonah Sachs and I Discuss Unsafe Thinking and … His book, Unsafe Thinking: How To Be Nimble and Bold When You Need It Most His organization “One Project” and its important mission How his unique storytelling approach creates a compelling narrative for important social change What individuals can do to contribute to change The radical act of volunteering more and working for pay less The safe thinking cycle is relying on your old patterns of thinking What fear and stress do in our brain Learning to use fear as a way to empower yourself How stepping out into the uncomfortable zones is what leads to change Motivational synergy is about focusing on both the intrinsic motivational factors and extrinsic motivation to keep it going Creative work and understanding the trap of intuition Cultivating intuition by continuing to explore new ideas and ways of thinking How redefining problems can lead to new solutions Jonah Sachs Links: Jonah Sach’s Website Twitter   If you enjoyed this conversation with Jonah Sachs on Unsafe Thinking, you might also enjoy these other episodes: Effectively Thinking Ahead with Bina Venkataraman Lessons About the Brain with Lisa Feldman Barrett See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Adam Grant and you may know me from the podcast Work Life.

0:04.6

I've started a new show with a TED audio collective called Rethinking,

0:08.1

where I talk to some of today's greatest minds about how they see the world.

0:12.0

Here from scientists, artists, and entrepreneurs,

0:14.7

on the assumptions they challenge and the mindsets that fuel their success.

0:18.9

Guests include Brunei Brown, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Cuban, and more.

0:24.0

Listen to Rethinking on the I Heart Radio app or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:30.5

Happy Holidays, my podcast on I Heart has brought me together with friends

0:35.0

both old and new.

0:37.4

Want to know how fashion designer Michael Cors built his iconic American brand?

0:42.7

Aren't you curious how Rapper Snoop Dogg and I really became good friends?

0:48.0

Catch up on the Martha Stewart podcast this holiday season on the I Heart Radio app,

0:53.4

or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:57.0

If in your spare time you're exposing yourself to new information,

1:00.2

new kinds of people, and new situations, your intuition's going to get better.

1:04.0

If you're stuck in the same kind of environments,

1:06.7

your intuition's going to get worse and worse and worse.

1:16.8

Welcome to the one you feed.

1:18.8

Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have.

1:23.4

It's like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.

1:29.1

And yet for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.

1:33.3

We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.

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