Curious Minds

CM 151: James Clear on Making and Breaking Habits – Rebroadcast

We all have trouble changing our habits, but the problem isn’t us. It’s our systems. Whether we want to adopt good habits or avoid bad ones, we need to think beyond willpower or setting bigger goals. According to James Clear, author of the book, Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits…

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CM 150: Marc Brackett on Permission to Feel

How can recognizing, understanding, and managing our emotions contribute to our happiness, success, and well-being? Emotions play a big role in our lives. Yet, for most of us, they’re viewed as something to ignore or overcome. For these reasons, we often have little experience identifying our feelings. We say we’re stressed out, when what we…

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CM 149: Jamil Zaki on the Science of Empathy – Rebroadcast

In a world where empathy is in decline, how can we learn to care more? If you sense we’re less empathetic today than decades past, you’re right. Studies show there’s been a 48 percent decline in empathy between 1979 and 2009. Though human beings are wired to care about each other, we need the right…

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CM 148: Adam Waytz on the Power of Human

What if the very tech that connects us is taking away our need to interact? Technology connects us to more people than ever before. Yet, as Adam Waytz, author of the book, The Power of Human: How Our Shared Humanity Can Help Us Create a Better World, points out, the data shows we’re interacting with…

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CM 147: Bina Venkataraman on How to Think Ahead

How would our decision-making change if we shifted focus from the present to the future? Instant gratification comes easily to us. But when we delay tackling long-term problems associated with things like, health, climate, or society, we cheat our future selves. Bina Venkataraman, author of the book, The Optimist’s Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless…

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