What Controls Your Decisions May Shock You (Part 1)

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Dr. Phil McGraw

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Many people assume that willpower is the key to making meaningful changes in their lives. Decision-making and behavioral economics expert Dan Ariely suggests that’s not enough. Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University. He joins Dr. Phil on the next “Phil in the Blanks” podcast to give listeners a new perspective on life’s most challenging problems and the key to programming ourselves for success. https://www.drphilintheblanks.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I want to take a pause here to give you a quick preview of what's airing today on Dr. Phil.
0:05.6	Take a listen.
0:06.6	I will die upstairs in my bedroom that I share with my husband.
0:11.3	Is it acceptable to ask for a physician's aid in ending your life?
0:17.3	She's dealing with a time's pain that not even morphine can alleviate.
0:21.0	Within five minutes of breathing, taking that medication, she fell asleep.
0:24.2	Very peaceful.
0:25.2	When menacing is used to pause the death, that isn't dying, it's killing.
0:29.5	The arrogance of that statement.
0:31.5	Check your local listings and for more on today's television episode, log on to Dr. Phil.com.
0:37.8	Now back to Phil in the blanks.
0:39.6	Have you eaten more than you think you should?
0:42.2	Every day.
0:43.2	What percentage of Americans die too early because they've made bad decisions?
0:51.1	Talk about irrationality for a little bit and how it affects our decision making and why
0:55.5	revenge is so important to us.
1:02.5	Hey, this is Dr. Phil and you've tuned in to fill into blanks.
1:08.5	Today I have a very fascinating guest on.
1:11.2	I'm talking about none other than Dan Erling, James B. Duke, Professor of Psychology and
1:16.5	Behavioral Economics at Duke University and a founding member of the Center for Advanced
1:21.3	Hindsight.
1:22.8	He does research and behavioral economics on the irrational ways people behave described
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