Our eyes are special. It's like our human superpower for a number of reasons.

One of them is that more of our neurological real estate is taken up by our experience of sight.

More square footage in our brain is devoted to processing visual input,

fan taste, smell or hearing.

There's something powerful about our eyes and the power that seeing something can do to nudge us into choices or behaviors that we hope that will take.

So have you ever wondered what sets quote successful people apart and how they stay motivated to achieve big goals?

Well, what if you could discover the secrets to really maximizing your own motivation and achieving whatever success means to you?

In today's podcast, we delve into the surprising science of motivation and accomplishment and how the way that we see the world around us and the way that we see ourselves really impacts it.

Uncovering powerful strategies to help you conquer challenges and propel yourself towards your dreams with my guest, Emily Belchettis.

So Emily is an associate professor of psychology and the director of the New York University social perception action and motivation research lab.

She's described as a pioneer in the scientific investigation of behavioral science and motivation and she leads an international team of scholars and writers and artists and advocates.

Her research has uncovered previously unknown strategies that increase sustain and direct people's effort to meet their goals as a Ted speaker and author of clear, closer, better, how successful people see the world.

Emily's work has received numerous national grants from the National Science Foundation and appears in over 75 scientific publications.

She has become one of the most sought after voices on the science of motivation in the world.

During our conversation, we go deep on a bunch of different topics, but you'll learn things like how our perception of the world shapes our motivation and in turn our success, the surprising strategies that successful people use to sustain and direct their efforts and the role of self compassion in overcoming setbacks and maintaining motivation and how to unlock your own inner resources to really achieve your personal and professional goals and so much more.

So you may want to settle in and grab something to take notes so you can tap Emily's deep wisdom on the inner workings of motivation and unlock the keys to more of the life you dream of living.

So excited to share this conversation with you. I'm Jonathan Fields and this is Good Life Project.

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