How your mindset can transform your life - The Expectation Effect with David Robson

<p class="p1">I have always been fascinated by the power of the mind to help you accomplish more and effectively change your reality.</p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p1">It’s something I’ve leveraged in nearly every aspect of my life, from relationships to health and fitness, challenges and my business.</p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p1">When I read Dave Robson’s book ‘The Expectation Effect’ I made pages of notes and got some big takeaways that I’ve since gone on to apply.</p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p1">David is a science writer and his book was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week and won a British Psychological Society Book Award in the popular science category.</p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p1">The Expectation Effect is the power of our beliefs or expectations to not only bring us more motivation, but potentially bring about physical changes to our brains and bodies.</p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p1">The book covers a whole range of different areas where this has an effect, and details a number of fascinating studies that demonstrate just how important our beliefs and mindset really are.</p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p1">I spoke to Dave for today’s episode of the podcast and we got into some of the areas that I’m particular interested in around health, wellbeing and performance.</p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p1">Dave talks about how the brain is a ‘prediction machine’, and how reappraisal techniques can help us view discomfort in different ways.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p1">We get into the application to fitness, diet, stress and will power, and what the science tells us about how we can take advantage of this inbuilt expectation effect.</p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p1">==========================================</p> <p class="p1">You can find out more about Dave via his website:</p> <p class="p1"><a href= "https://davidrobson.me/">https://davidrobson.me/</a></p> <p class="p1">LinkedIn (<a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-