No.1 Neuroscientist: Age 30 to 50 Will Be Your Unhappiest, Here's How To FIX IT! - Dr. Tali Sharot

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🗓️ 9 January 2023

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Is the cup of life half full or half empty? Would you call yourself an optimist or a pessimist? What if you weren’t actually in control of this, but instead through the process of evolution your brain had been hardwired to be optimistic? Neuroscientist Dr. Tali Sharot calls this the ‘Optimism Bias’, it’s the belief that the future will be better, much better, than what has come before or even your current situation. This trick of the brain can effect how you remember the past and how you predict and plan for the future. In this episode, Dr. Tali Sharot discusses her groundbreaking work and the impacts it can have on all areas of your life, from relationships to career decisions. If you want to understand the mysteries of your brain this is a conversation not to be missed. Tali’s books: https://bit.ly/3XcChxF Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.8	American Express. You say that children don't impact our happiness positively.
0:34.3	I mean that's a data what are you going to do and that kind of got me worried I have to say.
0:38.8	Dr. Talley Sherritt a leading expert on human decision-making, optimism, and emotion.
0:45.0	And her TED Talk has received over 14 million views.
0:48.3	I'm going to talk to you about optimism.
0:51.0	Kids and children, their happiest and the most optimistic then it goes down and reaches rock bottom in your midlife
0:59.0	I'm 13 out so I'm heading right down to rock bottom as we speak
1:03.0	Any advice?
1:04.0	Yes, absolutely.
1:05.0	So...
1:06.0	One of the startling things is you talk about how one tiny move up on the optimism scale is worth an extra
1:11.6	$33,000 a year in salary.
1:14.4	It's quite something.
1:15.4	So, Optimus, this is what they usually do.
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