In My Mind 21 - Your brain doesn't remember ideas, Being Kind vs Being Nice, The Talking, Listening Ratio
What to do if you don't remember your ideas, why kind is better than nice, and how much you should be talking vs listening
In My Mind 20 - Our parents aren't perfect, The present should be protected, and Having a growth mindset
In this week's IMM, I talk about how we hold our parents to higher standards than our friends, why you should protect your present, and what a growth mindset is.
In My Mind 19 - Choosing your circle, understanding the role of sacrifice and envy, why my reality is different to yours
In this week's IMM, I talk about why choosing who you spend time with is so important, the relationship between sacrifice and envy, and why my reality is different to yours.
In My Mind 18 - What you find easy might not be easy, Window of tolerance, and Zero sum thinking
In this week's IMM, I talk about why things might seem easy to you but difficult to others, what your window of tolerance is, and what zero sum thinking can lead to.
In My Mind 17 - You can have it all, just not right now, Multitasking is a myth, All good decisions can be destroyed with one bad decision
In this week's IMM, I talk about why you can't have everything all at once, why multitasking is impossible, and how some decisions make others insignificant.
In My Mind 16 - Deferred Happiness Syndrome, Using the Right Fuel, Celebrating Small Wins
In this week's IMM, I talk about what deferred happiness syndrome is, why you can't use the same fuel all the time, and why you should celebrate more small wins.
In My Mind 15 - Perceptions from social media, Overriding reactions, and Naming emotions
In this week's IMM, I talk about how social media has warped our perceptions, how you are different to other animals, and how useful it is to name emotions.
In My Mind 14 - Hedonic Treadmills, People Pleasing, and Emotional Decision Making
In this week's IMM, I talk about why pay rises don't keep us happy, why people pleasing isn't that useful, and why we shouldn't make decisions while in fear.
In My Mind 13 - Uncertainty, Consistency, and Delayed Gratification
In this week's IMM, I talk about how certainty is the enemy of growth, why consistency wins over intensity, and what is delayed gratification.
It's your responsibility not your fault, social media & echo chambers, and System 1 vs System 2 Thinking
In this week's IMM, I talk about responsibility and fault and why they are different, how social media creates echo chambers and the two systems at play in your life without knowing about them.
Sense of Self, Authenticity and Tiny Experiments
In this week's IMM, I talk about sense of self, why we are more authentic as children and how to set yourself some tiny experiments
Dreams, Problems, and Procrastination
In this week's IMM, I talk about what happens if all you do is talk about your dreams, how you can change the meaning of problems and why procrastination might not be what you think it is.