Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2022-04-04
Books mentioned on The Psychological Power Of Expectations - David Robson - #456
David Robson is an award-winning science writer specialising in the extremes of the human brain, body and behaviour. Our expectations have a profound effect on the outcomes we get in life.
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The Expectation Effect
“um and it was actually that finding i just thought i have to write this book now because it's like it's actually cutting people's lives by like seven and a half years like if you have this negative view of aging if you see it as this kind of period of inevitable decline and that just seems so profound it”
Passing The Secret
“positive thinking literature is kind of about being delusional in a way so it's like you know we were talking about like your expectations at the gym like if someone is like a real couch potato like going to the gym and telling themselves that they're like an olympic athlete it's only going to lead to disappointment like you cannot”