Dr. Shadé Zahrai
Co-Founder, Influenceo Global LLC. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Dr. Shadé Zahrai is a behavioral researcher and author of Big Trust. A former commercial lawyer, she develops neuroscience-backed frameworks to help high performers overcome self-doubt and build confidence.
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1appearances
24statements
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Everything Dr. Shadé Zahrai said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Zahrai: Research shows individuals can intentionally change personality traits
“We do know from research and my own is you can actually change a personality trait if you choose to.”
Zahrai: Pure positive visualization drains the energy required to reach goals
“There was a study that came out in the, it was probably the mid-twenty tens, and they looked at the role of, they called it positive fantasies. So the term manifesting, or it's not in the literature, but positive fantasies about where you want to be. And they …”
Dr. Zahrai: Toxic individuals must be removed because they leave too big a footprint
“If you know that someone unfortunately has that tendency, again, we're separating person from toxic behavior, but for the sake of illustration, I'll just say the toxic person, cut them out. It's too hard. They leave too big of a footprint in a team and same wi…”
Dr. Zahrai: Self-Doubt Stems From Expectation Bias And Doubting Personal Capability
“You, Create the reality that you have in your mind, because what you expect, you tend to notice. And so when we apply that to something like self doubt and holding ourselves back, self doubt is entirely doubting our worthiness, our capability, our control, our…”
Zahrai: Humans are emotional beings who rationalize, making EQ a superpower
“I say that emotional intelligence is a leadership and business superpower because we think we're rational beings, but we're not. We're emotional beings who rationalize.”
Zahrai: Self-Doubt Only Becomes Damaging When Internalized as Personal Identity
“Self-doubt itself is not the enemy. We've like wrongly vilified it. Self-doubt should be like the little ping pong ball floating on the top. It's there. We hear it, but we can decide what we do with it. Where it becomes damaging is where it becomes the golf ba…”
Zahrai: Confidence is an output of action, not a prerequisite
“When we look at the data, when we look at the definition of confidence, when we look at what it feels like for us, confidence actually comes after we take action. Because when we're taking action, we are getting proof points that we can do the thing. We're bui…”
Dr. Zahrai: Perceived confidence drives perceived competence and workplace advancement
“The more confident you appear, the more competent you're perceived to be, which is a shame if you struggle with confidence. You may be the most competent person in the room, but people won't recognize it. And this is where you see people who otherwise are not …”
Zahrai: Body Motion Studies Show Slower Walking Reduces Perceived Presence
“So studies that are looking at body motion, they're tracking physicality, motion and physicality, and they found that the slower you walk, the less presence you have.”
Zahrai: Taking pride in appearance boosts perceived competence and trust
“The more pride you take in your appearance, it reflects that you trust yourself, you believe in yourself, you're willing to express that to others, and it increases the perception of trust and competence from other people.”
Zahrai: Career advancement does not eliminate self-doubt, it evolves
“What we found is if you had it early on, you will have it just morphs with responsibility. It evolves.”
Zahrai: Using complex vocabulary reduces perceived intelligence and competence
“And so with that competence piece, we'll often try and sound more intelligent and use really big words, which studies have found that actually undermine your perceived intelligence and perceived competence when you use that.”
Zahrai: Manipulators systematically target four core drivers of personal self-doubt
“What manipulative behavior will try to do is attack each of these four drivers of self-doubt, which is fascinating. Again, bringing it back to that, they will either make you try to feel, or they will either try to make you feel like you are worthless, which i…”
Zahrai: Manipulation works by targeting insecurities victims already believe about themselves
“So when someone's trying to manipulate us, it's also often because it's something we deep down believe about ourselves. They are trying to attack. And when they get a response, they know, huh, this is the button I'm pushing.”
Zahrai: Handwriting and color-coding significantly boost information retention over typing
“So there has been a study that was published recently in the last five years, which was looking at the difference between people who type things for recall versus handwriting for recall, and they found you're significantly more likely to remember something whe…”
Zahrai: Imposter Phenomenon Occurs When Competence Outpaces Confidence
“Imposter phenomenon is where your competence has increased because you have to have a track record of success in order for it to be considered imposter syndrome, but your confidence hasn't caught up.”
Zahrai: Citigroup Paid Paula Scher $1.5M for Napkin Umbrella Logo
“Oh, they did. They paid her 1.5 million for it. Yeah, so the Citibank logo that you see that has that little umbrella, that's the one she did.”
Dr. Zahrai: Dartmouth Scar Study Demonstrated Expectation Bias In Social Interactions
“So in around the 19 seventies, a psychology researcher at the University of Dartmouth was conducting a study to determine the role of expectation, how expectation shapes how people show up in the world. So he brought a huge number of people together. His name …”
Zahrai: Cognitive Defusion Separates Identity From Fleeting Negative Thoughts
“At any point you can say, okay, rather than having the thought of I'm a failure, you separate and say, I'm noticing. That I'm having a thought that I'm a failure. And that separation, it's called psychological separation, and also cognitive diffusion. We're di…”
Dr. Zahrai: Affective Labeling Re-Engages the Prefrontal Cortex During Stress
“You're actually taking yourself out of the state, reengaging your prefrontal cortex, and you simply say, I am noticing, I am feeling, I am experiencing, or you can even describe the physiological state.”
Zahrai: Pausing Two to Three Seconds Before Answering Draws Listeners In
“They get asked a question and they'll pause two to three seconds before answering. Actually, I need to get better at this because I'm pretty sure you've asked a question and I've been so excited that I've gotten straight into it. So there goes my charisma scor…”
Dr. Zahrai: Name-Dropping In High-Status Rooms Inevitably Turns People Off
“If you're name dropping as a way to impress, you will absolutely turn people off because they probably know all the same people and know more people.”
Phil Knight Credited Tinker Hatfield's Design With Saving Nike in 1980s
“So, and then Phil Knight from Nike actually claims that Tinker Hatfield's design is what single-handedly saved Nike in the eighties.”
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