The Huberman Lab Podcast discusses neuroscience: how our brain and its connections with the organs of our body control our perceptions, our behaviors, and our health. We also discuss existing and emerging tools for measuring and changing how our nervous system works. Dr. Andrew Huberman is a tenured Professor of Neurobiology and Ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine. His laboratory studies neural regeneration, neuroplasticity, and brain states such as stress, focus, fear, and optimal performance. For more than 20 years, Dr. Huberman has consistently published original research findings and review articles in top-level peer-reviewed journals, including Nature, Science, Cell, Neuron, and Current Biology. He is a regular member of several National Institutes of Health review panels and a Fellow of the McKnight Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts. Dr. Huberman regularly consults for technology development companies, professional athletic organizations, and various units of U.S. and Canadian Special Operations.
Dr. Adam Grant: How to Unlock Your Potential, Motivation & Unique Abilities
In this episode, my guest is Dr. Adam Grant, Ph.D., a professor of organizational psychology at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, an expert in the science and practical steps for increasing motivation, maximizing and reaching our potential, and understanding how individuals and groups can best flourish. He is also an avid public educator, having written five bestselling books, delivered several top-ranking TED Talks and is the host of two psychology podcasts. We discuss how to overcome procrastination, how to increase intrinsic motivation (even for dreaded tasks), identify blind spots and rethink our assumptions, and how we can build a persistent growth mindset. We also explain tools to improve creativity and discuss the surprising relationship between creativity and procrastination. We then explore how to effectively solicit useful feedback and grow from constructive criticism and how you can improve your level of focus and attention using science-supported methods. We also discuss mental tools to get out of negative thought spirals, how to nurture potential in yourself or others, and the dark side of perfectionism. The discussion delivers many science-supported tools that are readily applicable to anyone for how to live a more productive, fulfilling, and creative life.
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Timestamps
(00:00:00) Dr. Adam Grant
(00:01:37) Sponsors: Eight Sleep, Levels & Waking Up
(00:05:56) Procrastination & Emotion; Curiosity
(00:14:06) Creativity & Procrastination; Motivation
(00:20:48) Intrinsic Motivation & Curiosity
(00:27:59) Tool: Tasks & Sense of Purpose
(00:30:52) Sponsor: AG1
(00:32:34) Extrinsic Rewards, Choice; Social Media
(00:42:24) Tool: “Quiet Time” Protocol, Chronotypes
(00:49:20) Tool: Creativity: Mornings, Movement, Stillness
(00:57:05) Sponsor: InsideTracker
(00:58:14) Tools: Ideas & Filtering, Feedback & Opinions, Advice
(01:07:15) Tool: Constructive Criticism, “Second Score”; Verbs
(01:14:40) Tool: Growth Mindsets, Scaffolding; Job Innovation
(01:21:50) Tools: Task Sequencing & Intrinsic Motivation; Tapering & Frame of Reference
(01:30:03) Tools: Momentum, Confidence & Domains; Negative Thought Spirals
(01:36:16) Tool: Phone & “To Don’t” List; Writing Ideas
(01:39:54) Tool: Bias Blindspot, Reflected Best-Self Portrait
(01:45:36) Helping Others, Synthesizing Information
(01:50:24) Modes of Thinking, Blind Spots & Assumptions
(01:56:10) Thinking Like a Scientist: Hypothesis-Testing & Discourse, Social Media
(02:05:150 Tool: Authenticity, Sincerity & Etiquette, “Snapshot” & Online Presence
(02:12:49) Realizing Potential: Motivation, Opportunity & Process
(02:21:53) Skills to Realize Potential, Perfectionism
(02:27:52) Tool: Early Success & Performance Cycle, “Failure Budget”
(02:31:56) Future Projects, Complex Issues & Challenging Ideas
(02:40:10) Artistic Hobbies, Magicians
(02:45:55) Science Communication, Interest & Self-Relevance
(02:52:16) Languishing, Descriptive Language & Emotions
(03:00:09) Tool: Nurture Potential in Children, “Coach Effect”
(03:10:16) Zero-Cost Support, Spotify & Apple Reviews, Sponsors, YouTube Feedback, Momentous, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter