The Get Your Shit Together Podcast: Recent Episodes
Sabeel Ahsan
A young thinker's pragmatic take on putting yourself together and approaching personal wellbeing and growth in the 21. century. Grounded in works from modern psychology, biology and philosophy, this podcast hopes to provide you with value and something you can apply directly to your own life.
Flow states give and interesting perpective on purpose and if you were "meant" or "born" to do something. From superhuman abilities to spirituality and mysticism, we talk about why I believe the concept of flow is the single most important theme of this podcast series.
Links: Global Population of Farmers - https://www.globalagriculture.org/report-topics/industrial-agriculture-and-small-scale-farming.html#:~:text=There%20are%20more%20than%20570,80%25%20of%20the%20world's%20food Subjective Wellbeing of The Hadza People - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7296072/ The Paradox of Choice - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paradox_of_Choice Flow, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - https://www.amazon.com/Flow-Psychology-Experience-Perennial-Classics/dp/0061339202 Flow Study by Mckinsey - https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/increasing-the-meaning-quotient-of-work Flow Study by DARPA - https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20140603-brain-zapping-the-future-of-war Flow Study by University of Sydney - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304394012003618 Flow Cycle & Neurochemicals - https://www.amazon.com/Breakout-Principle-Creativity-Performance-Productivity/dp/0743223985 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1MHyyWsMeE Flow & The Default Mode Network - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171023182609.htm The Task Positive Network - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Task-positive_network#:~:text=The%20task%2Dpositive%20network%20is,tasks%20in%20functional%20imaging%20studies Meditation & The Task Positive Network - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4529365/ Altered States' Impact on PTSD - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01475/full Altered States & Spirituality - https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/06/what-happens-to-brains-during-spiritual-experiences/361882/ Peak Experiences - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_experience#:~:text=The%20concept%20was%20originally%20developed,the%20experimenter.%22%20There%20are%20several Social Division of Labor & Hereditary Traits - https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/social-animals https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2018.00035/full Big 5 Personality Analysis & The Flow Profile Quiz - https://similarminds.com/sloan.html https://similarminds.com/global5/rcoai.html https://www.flowgenomeproject.com/flow-profile
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What is the key to happiness? We take a closer look at the pitfalls we are all susceptible to, and the simple things that might not lead to eternal joy, but rather build the foundation of a good life for a human being.
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Links: Fight of Flight - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71pCilo8k4M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IDgBlCHVsA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqU-VjqjczE Seven Deadly Sins - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins Storing Energy as Fat - https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2015.2443 Global Obesity - https://www.bbc.com/news/health-35933691 Laziness - https://news.ubc.ca/2018/09/18/hardwired-for-laziness-tests-show-the-human-brain-must-work-hard-to-avoid-sloth/) Revenge & Forgiveness - https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/forgiveness_instinct Animal Social Behavior - https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/social-animals https://www.britannica.com/topic/animal-social-behaviour Dominance Hierarchy - https://www.encyclopedia.com/science-and-technology/biology-and-genetics/biology-general/dominance-hierarchy Social Comparison - https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-social-comparison-process-2795872 r/K Selection Theory - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R/K_selection_theory The Historic Sexual Marketplace -https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/09/040920063537.htm Animal Sexual Dynamics - http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160624-we-have-the-wrong-idea-about-males-females-and-sex Wealth, Health & Happiness - https://www.health.org.uk/infographic/poverty-and-health https://www.pnas.org/content/107/38/16489 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-017-0277-0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iaaz7PNojVI Loneliness - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3Xv_g3g-mA Love - https://www.dana.org/article/brains-do-it-lust-attraction-and-attachment/ http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2017/love-actually-science-behind-lust-attraction-companionship/ https://neuro.hms.harvard.edu/harvard-mahoney-neuroscience-institute/brain-newsletter/and-brain/love-and-brain Gratitude - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPPPFqsECz0 Micromoments of Positivity - https://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/01/theres-no-such-thing-as-everlasting-love-according-to-science/267199/ Happiness Hormones - https://www.healthline.com/health/happy-hormone
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How you perceive the world may not necessarily be a good representation of reality. We dive deep into the neuroscience of the brain to understand how to improve our mental health and mindset.
Links: False Memories & The Remembering-Imagining System - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053810014002293 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB2OegI6wvI Cognitive Maps (Spatial Memory) & Schemas - https://www.britannica.com/science/spatial-memory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugwj_0sFtz8 https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-a-schema-2795873 Habitual Formation & The Basal Ganglia - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/08/140808111931.htm Visualization - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2O6mQkFiiw https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/4734539/270043.pdf?sequence=1 Growth Mindset - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiiEeMN7vbQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN34FNbOKXc
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How you perceive the world may not necessarily be a good representation of reality. We dive deep into the neuroscience of the brain to understand how to improve our mental health and mindset.
Links: The Brain is not a computer - https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-not-process-information-and-it-is-not-a-computer https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/why-minds-are-not-like-computers The Brain & System 1 / System 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHrmiy4W9C0 Daniel Kahneman – Thinking Fast & Slow https://www.research-live.com/article/opinion/new-frontiers-reestablishing-system1system-2-truths/id/5057422 https://taragonmd.github.io/2017/12/08/how-you-actually-make-decisions-will-surprise-you/ Fear & Anxiety - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/10/infant-fear-phobia-science-snakes-video-spd/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/10/what-is-social-anxiety/411556/ Cognitive Biases - https://medium.com/better-humans/cognitive-bias-cheat-sheet-55a472476b18 Libet Experiment - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph7LcupAENw&t=192s https://wmpeople.wm.edu/asset/index/cvance/libet Default Mode Network - https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-019-0611-3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r15-Xde66s Mind Wandering - https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/11/wandering-mind-not-a-happy-mind/ Meditation - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4529365/
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Mirror Neurons are one of the key cornerstones of how we socialize as humans. The knowledge of how mirror neurons work gives us the power to set up an environment for success.
Links: Machine Learning - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPLop4L2eGk&list=PLLssT5z_DsK-h9vYZkQkYNWcItqhlRJLN Mirror Neurons - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=128Ts5r9NRE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmx1qPyo8Ks https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081219073047.htm https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/monkey-see-monkey-do-the-role-of-mirror-neurons-in-human-behavior.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2527715/ The Effects of Negative Thinking - https://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/how-do-thoughts-and-emotions-affect-health Victim Mentality - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victim_mentality
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Do you actually have a good understanding of who you are as a person? Being able to understand and control your personality is a key step to attain control of your life. It is essential for your mental health and agency.
Links: Definition of Personality - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona... (Corr PJ, Matthews G. The Cambridge handbook of personality psychology. Cambridge University Press Cambridge; 2009) Reciprocal Determinism and Social Cognitive Theory - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyPNj... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8cBg... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recipro... The Myers-Briggs Personality Test - https://www.16personalities.com/ The Big Five Personality Test and descriptions based on SLOAN - https://bigfive-test.com/test https://similarminds.com/sloan.html Genetic links between Personality Traits and Psychiatric Diseases - https://www.sciencealert.com/scientis... https://www.nature.com/articles/ng.3736
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