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#47 Adam Robinson: Winning at the Great Game (Part 1)

The Knowledge Project Podcast

Adam Robinson teaches us how to learn, how to fail, and his three secrets of happiness and success.

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There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing

The neglected middle child of mental health can dull your motivation and focus — and it may be the dominant emotion of 2021.

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Adam Grant
2021
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Happiness: Enough Already

Although some 85 percent of Americans say they're pretty happy, the happiness industry sends the insistent message that moderate levels of well-being aren't enough: not only can we all be happier, but we practically have a duty to be so.

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Sharon Begley
2008
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Lisa Feldman Barrett - How Emotions are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain

Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD, is a University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University, with appointments at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. In addition to the book How Emotions are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain, Dr.

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Lisa Feldman Barrett
2018
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Cultivating Wisdom: The Power of Mood - Lisa Feldman Barrett

Do you believe that what you see influences how you feel? Actually, the opposite is true: What you feel—your “affect”—influences what you see, hear, smell, taste, and touch.

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Lisa Feldman Barrett
2018
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Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain

Have you ever wondered why you have a brain? Let renowned neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett demystify that big gray blob between your ears.

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Lisa Feldman Barrett
2024
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How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain

The science of emotion is in the midst of a revolution on par with the discovery of relativity in physics and natural selection in biology.

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Lisa Feldman Barrett
2018
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Yes, You Can Be Too Competitive. Here’s Why, and How to Stop.

It makes me wonder: Is competition a good thing? Are competitive people happy? And is being competitive good for individuals or, for that matter, society? With top competitive athletes such as gymnastics’ Simone Biles, tennis’s Naomi Osaka and football’s Richard Sherman talking openly about...

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John Briley
2021
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The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders

The Divided Mind is the crowning achievement of Dr. John E. Sarno's distinguished career as a groundbreaking medical pioneer, going beyond pain to address the entire spectrum of psychosomatic (mindbody) disorders.

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John E. Sarno
2006
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The Five Types of Avoidance

It's normal for human beings to seek pleasure and avoid pain. Some of the ways in which we seek to avoid pain are adaptive or healthy.

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Jessica Dore
2018
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The Psychology of Competition

How competitions can lead you to do the right thing for the wrong reason.

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Sander van der Linden
2021
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