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The Science of Success

This Powerful Factor Controls Your Decisions And 86% of People Have No Idea It Exists

The Science of Success

Matt Bodnar

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

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2016

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Do you think you’re in control of your thoughts and actions? What if things totally out of your conscious experience of reality actually controlled your decisions? What if random phenomenon – like the music you just heard, or the words on a billboard, changed the way you thought, moved, and the decisions you made? The power of your subconscious mind is much greater than you realize. As Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman puts it in his book Thinking Fast and Slow: “You cannot know this from conscious experience, of course, but you must accept the alien idea that your actions and your emotions can be primed by events of which you are not even aware.” In this episode of the Science of Success Podcast we dig deep into the Priming Effect – the way that your environment can shape your decisions, actions, and thoughts without you ever even realizing it. We discuss: -The powerful factor shaping peoples decisions that 86% of people were totally unaware of -What caused voters to care more than children’s parents about funding the school system - How “like ripples on a pond” primed effects can shape and define our behavior in huge ways -How the word Florida makes people behave like the elderly -Another mental model to add to your tool-kit -And much more! Do you want to get smarter and make better decisions? Listen to this episode! 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 Bummer.

0:11.0

Welcome to the Science of Success. I'm your host Matt Bodner. I'm an entrepreneur and

0:17.2

investor in Nashville, Tennessee, and I'm obsessed with the mindset of success and the

0:22.3

psychology of performance.

0:23.7

I've read hundreds of books, conducted countless hours of research and study, and I'm going to take you

0:29.6

on a journey into the human mind and what makes peak performers tick, with a focus on always

0:35.4

having our discussions rooted in psychological research and scientific fact, not

0:40.1

opinion. In this episode we're going to examine the incredible factor controlling

0:45.3

people's decision-making that 86% of people were completely unaware of. What

0:50.6

causes voters to care more than parents about funding the school system

0:55.6

and how the word Florida makes people behave like the elderly without them

1:01.4

realizing it as we dig into the priming effect.

1:05.2

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listeners in over 100 countries hitting number one new and

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