
No.1 Neuroscientist: The Problems With Goals (& What To Do Instead)
About this episode
No.1 Neuroscientist Anne-Laure Le Cunff shares the theory behind her book Tiny Experiments, which includes the problems with goals as we know them today.
She is an entrepreneur, whose first startup failed after she left her comfortable job at Google, but now has a thriving content business, Ness Labs, alongside her research as a neuroscientist at Kings College London.We dove into a range of topics including...
📖 Episode Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:58 - The 3 Problems With Goals
08:06 - Why You Should Use Metacognition
13:47 - How To Escape The Prison Of Over-Thinking
20:35 - Cognitive Scripts: The Sequel, The Crowdpleaser & The Epic
32:51 - Where Are We Drunk On The Illusion Of Certainty?
39:43 - How To Lead Through Change
43:13 - How 1 Tiny Experiment Can Change Your Life
50:30 - End Of Year Routine
54:56 - The Paradox Of Persistence
57:50 - How To Get Out Of A Mental Hole
01:11:21 - How Can We Support Anne-Laure
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Episode summary doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KdMvHuOvSA-WCkRGWcF3-xZoGntx7PpMBGyHuxmbobI/edit?usp=sharing
Ness Labs: https://nesslabs.com/
Ness Labs Annual Review Template (Google Slides): https://nesslabs.com/annual-review-template
Ness Labs Annual Review Template (Notion): https://satisfying-melody-287.notion.site/Year-in-Review-Template-5b31d64596cf40f1b8d79e88fb24a280?source=copy_link
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