Is new always better? Instead of always chasing the newest thing, is there not a way that you can appreciate the people and possessions already in your life? In this new episode Steven sits down again with leading neuroscientist, Dr. Tali Sharot. Dr. Tali Sharot is the director of the Affective Brain Lab and Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London. Sharot’s research combines neuroscience with the study of behaviour and psychology to examine how emotions and motivation lead to people’s beliefs and decisions. She is the author of the award-winning books, ‘The Optimism Bias’ and ‘The Influential Mind’.

In this conversation Dr. Sharot and Steven discuss topics, such as:

How to shake up your life

Ways to break the feeling of being in a repetitive cycle

Why people become immune to joy

How to see what you’ve always missed

How to have the best holiday

Why you should take a break from your partner to improve your relationship

How to keep a relationship spicey

Why humans need the feeling of being in control

The secrets of motivation

Why the midlife crisis is real and the ways to beat it

How VR can help people overcome fear

Why happiness is low in midlife

How to increase productivity

Why humans get bored of happiness

Why the idea of living your best life doesn’t exist

Why people need to disrupt their life

How to increase your levels of happiness

Why 40% of people quit a new job

How to use change to improve your life

The ways that social media is like prison

Why social media is ruining expectations

Ways to make people believe you

How changing incentives can change your life

Why Gen Z will change the world

People becoming addicted to risk

Why risk can help get rid of anxiety

The brain trick image Dr Tali refers to - https://bit.ly/3sMa86R You can pre-order Dr. Sharot’s new book, ‘Look Again: The Power of Noticing What was Always There’, here: https://amzn.to/3SEbVp5 If you enjoyed this episode, I recommend you check out my first conversation with Dr. Tali Sharot, which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DZK1nawEXQ

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