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This presentation consists of 10 highlights from the interview with @MoeAbdou,

founder & host of 33voices®.

David DiSalvoDavid DiSalvo is a science, technology and

culture writer who contributes to Forbes, Scientific American Mind, The Wall Street Journal, Psychology Today, Esquire, Slate,

Mental Floss and a smattering of other publications. He’s written three nonfiction books about the complicated business of thinking: “What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite” (Prometheus, 2011), “The Brain in Your

Kitchen”, and “Brain Changer”.

According to New Scientist magazine, “DiSalvo will change the way you think

about thinking.”

@NeuroNarrative

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Your brain is built to adapt, not to remain static.

re-imagine change and never stop evolving.

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Your ability to step away from thought and see yourself in the 3rd person is metacognition.

make it a habit to think about your thinking.

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As human beings, our default setting

is to be threat sensitive.

before you go there, reflect on how that thought pattern

is working for you?

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As human beings, our default setting

is to be threat sensitive.

before you go there, reflect on how that thought pattern

is working for you?

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What you repeat to yourself will eventually become the realityyou perceive yourself to be living.

don’t listen to your inner voice,

watch it.

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Great thinkers challenge themselves

to be more aware of their actionsand especially their default patterns.

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Common thinking errors are often the product of erroneous information percolating from your unconscious:

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Common thinking errors are often the product of erroneous information percolating from your unconscious:

-  All-or-nothing thinking

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Common thinking errors are often the product of erroneous information percolating from your unconscious:

- Overgeneralization

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Common thinking errors are often the product of erroneous information percolating from your unconscious:

-  Disqualifying the positive or the negative

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Common thinking errors are often the product of erroneous information percolating from your unconscious:

-  Mind reading or fortune telling

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Common thinking errors are often the product of erroneous information percolating from your unconscious:

- Magnification & minimization

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Common thinking errors are often the product of erroneous information percolating from your unconscious:

-  Emotional reasoning

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Common thinking errors are often the product of erroneous information percolating from your unconscious:

-  Labeling & personalizing

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Common thinking errors are often the product of erroneous information percolating from your unconscious:

-  Faulty comparisons & false expectations

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Next time you’re faced with an important decision,

or are in a contentious conversation,

use the awareness wedge.it’s an intentional pause to reflect before taking the next step.

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Have a nagging habit you want to change? Focus on the routine, not the cue or the reward:

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Have a nagging habit you want to change? Focus on the routine, not the cue or the reward:

- The Cue initiates the behavior

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Have a nagging habit you want to change? Focus on the routine, not the cue or the reward:

- The Routine is the cued behavior

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Have a nagging habit you want to change? Focus on the routine, not the cue or the reward:

- The Reward is what your seeking from the behavior

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The ability to navigator life’s challenges

is what often distinguishes the most successful people from the rest.

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Commit to using your metacognition to harness your brains’ adaptive powers

and expect to see:

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Commit to using your metacognition to harness your brains’ adaptive powers

and expect to see:- A higher degree of self-awareness,

enhanced creativity and greater adaptability.

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Commit to using your metacognition to harness your brains’ adaptive powers

and expect to see:- A greater ability to detach from

your thoughts and feelings.

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Commit to using your metacognition to harness your brains’ adaptive powers

and expect to see:- A greater ability to assert more conscious control

over your own narrative.

If your were to change your thinking, how will that change things?

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