Dr. Michael Rousell on ”The Power of Surprise: How Your Brain Secretly Changes Your Beliefs”

<p>Welcome back to the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast for EPISODE #159 with Dr. Michael A. Rousell, PhD<a href='#_edn1'>[i]</a> a teacher, psychologist, and professor emeritus at Southern Oregon University who has studied how random events transform us. After studying formative events, which are moments that define us, or strongly influence us, for over three decades, Michael Rousell discovered that most of them took place during a spark of surprise and serve as a mechanism to instantly change our beliefs.</p> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63l5-u8GdLw'>Watch the interview on YouTube here.</a></p> <p>Learn more about <a href='http://michaelrousell.com/'>Michael Rousell </a>and <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Power-Surprise-Secretly-Changes-Beliefs/dp/153815241X'>The Power of Surprise Book </a>(coming out Sept.15) </p> <p> </p> <p>I'm Andrea Samadi, author, and educator from Toronto, Canada, now in Arizona, and like many of our listeners, have been fascinated with learning and understanding the science behind high performance strategies in our schools, our sports, and workplace environments with ideas that we can all use, understand and implement immediately.</p> <p> </p> <p>In today’s episode, we will speak with Michael Rousell about his new book, The Power of Surprise: How Your Brain Secretly Changes Your Beliefs.<a href='#_edn2'>[ii]</a> Michael will show us how surprising events produce invisible influence because they open a window to spontaneous belief change with no warning or conscious awareness. You’ll see how a seemingly minor feature of surprise can be devised to strategically enrich someone’s life (personally or in the workplace) and create positive mindsets, for students or employees while maximizing your influence for those in leadership roles.</p> <p> </p> <p>You can dive deeper into The Power of Surprise by watching Michael’s TED TALK.<a href='#_edn3'>[iii]</a></p> <p>30% DISCOUNT ON The Power of Surprise BOOK <a href='https://rowman.com/