John Bargh - What makes us unhappy in life – and more importantly what to do about it#105

<p>John is one of the world’s most highly regarded social psychologists</p> <p>He is a professor at Yale University</p> <p>Author of over 200 research papers</p> <p>His experiments in social psychology are legendary</p> <p>This podcast will really get you to think</p> <p>The way you interact with your OWN world</p> <p>How the way you process your world is either making you happy or sad</p> <p>The choices you are making</p> <p>The skill of directing your attention</p> <p>The importance of others</p> <p>How we can set our world up to be more productive and in turn far happier</p> <p>It is the perfect time to welcome back John Bargh one of the world’s most eminent social psychologists.</p> <p>John wrote a wonderful book</p> <p>‘Before you know it’ – The unconscious reasons we do what we do</p> <p>it really is a must read book exploring all of the ways our unconscious mind runs our world</p> <p>in today’s show we cover some really important ground that will have a multitude of effects in various parts of YOUR life</p> <p>The fascinating effects of PRIMING</p> <p>How we are constantly being triggered to behave in certain ways by our environment and the people within that environment</p> <p>We are being primed all of the time</p> <p>The big question is can we ‘self prime’?</p> <p>Can we PRIME ourselves?</p> <p>John really drills down into the pro’s and cons of self priming</p> <p>Look around your everyday world</p> <p>Look around your environment</p> <p>What is your world telling you to do?</p> <p>We might be trying to consciously change ourselves but if our environment doesn’t support it we are giving ourselves less that our best chance</p> <p>How other people will REALLY impact our productivity in the world</p> <p>Ignore this at your peril</p> <p>John is such an engaging guest</p> <p>Generous with his time and his spirit</p> <p>Every time I speak to him I learn something REALLY important</p> <p>I am sure you will do the same</p> <p>Enjoy the show</p> <p>To get John’s book</p> <p>‘Before you know it’ – The unconscious