Episode 51. How Your Mindset and Beliefs Can Transform Your Career, Health & Life – David Robson

Want to know more about how your mindset and beliefs can transform many aspects of your life including careers, fitness, managing stress and health? I spoke about this to David Robson, the author of The Expectation Effect, and the winner of the 2022 BPS Book Awards. David is an award-winning science writer specialising in the extremes of the human brain, body and behaviour. His first book, The Intelligence Trap, was published in 2019, and received worldwide media attention.

After graduating with a degree in mathematics from Cambridge University, he worked as a features editor at New Scientist for five years, before moving to BBC Future, where he was a senior journalist for five years. His writing has also appeared in the Guardian, the Atlantic, Aeon, Men’s Health and many more outlets.

David and I had a great conversation and talked about the following:

What is the nocebo effect and how it differs from the placebo effect?

Don’t underestimate the power of positive thinking,

Looking at the brain as a prediction machine,

Reframing stressful situations and focusing on the positive aspects,

Changing mindset is important but results can’t be achieved without preparation and effort,

Reminding yourself of the work that you’ve done may help prior to an event like an interview or presentation,

Finding opportunities to push yourself out of your comfort zone without taking on excessive risk, which helped David with his public speaking,

Celebrating your achievements can help reinforce your mindset, and

Is it possible to increase your willpower?

People & Resources Mentioned

Professor Sarah Garfinkel

Sally Adee – We Are Electric

Richard Fisher - The Long View

Contact David

Website: https://davidrobson.me/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-robson-5761791b/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/d_a_robson

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Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. The next episode is with Gil Winch, an organizational consultant for many large companies for over 30 years, an in-demand keynote speaker and the author of Winning With Underdogs. His work creating a 100% underdog company, composed mainly of people with disabilities has received international attention and led to an invitation to speak at conferences alongside Bill Clinton and other influential leaders. The episode will be released on Weds 29th March.

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