Maya Shankar
14 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 9, 2024 by Maya Shankar · across every show →
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Jul 9, 2024
Shankar: Environmental Choice Architecture Radically Outperforms Willpower and Cognitive Reframing
“No semantic shift is gonna be that powerful to eliminate the willpower issues. I know Angela Duckworth focuses a lot on this. So that we don't have to employ willpower, we should really focus on the way that we design our lives and the choice architecture of o…”
Jul 9, 2024
Shankar: Increasing Question-To-Statement Ratio Changes Minds Better Than Authoritative Assertions
“The other thing, and this relates to this curiosity point, is you want to increase your question-to-statement ratio. So one thing that we can often do in these contexts is simply just Tell people what we think they should think, right? We just come out the gat…”
Jul 9, 2024 positive
Shankar: Temptation Bundling Fails Unless the Reward Is Denied Everywhere Else
“The only way in which this temptation bundling works is if you Actively deny yourself that rewarding activity in all other domains of life so that it really feels special and it feels coupled with the undesirable activity.”
Jul 9, 2024 positive
Shankar: Framing Identity Around Non-Behaviors Drastically Alters Habit-Quitting Success
“Research has shown that can be as effective, and there's some research showing that when people are in the process of quitting, and let's say they're offered a cigarette, there is a difference in terms of expressed behavior. If you frame a Your current state a…”
Jul 9, 2024 positive
Shankar: Affirmative messaging works better than myth-busting to build neural connections
“What research has found is that we should actually just make more affirmative statements that are correct. So in order to have safe water, you should use a water filter, and you should install it in this particular way, and you should, you know, you try to go …”
Jul 9, 2024 positive
Shankar: Anchoring Identity to 'Why' Creates a More Resilient Sense of Self
“The challenge becomes, though, when you anchor yourself to something that is precarious in some way, and that's what I found with the violin. What I strive to do, because it's very much a works in progress, but I hope this resonates for your listeners, is to a…”
Jul 9, 2024 neutral
Jul 9, 2024
Shankar: Cultivating Layered Identities Protects Self-Worth Against Career Disruptions
“What I'm proposing is having multifaceted identities. So you have multiple layers of abstraction when it comes to where you derive meaning and how you define yourself. And so at one level, you can absolutely say, okay, I'm a lawyer, I'm a doctor, a stay at hom…”
Jul 9, 2024
Jul 9, 2024
Shankar: Adding Emergency Reserves to Goals Massively Increases Goal Adherence
“And so there is research showing that when we introduce what are known as emergency reserves into our goal setting, basically get out of jail free cards, into the process of goal setting, we're much more likely to stay the course and to reach those goals.”
Jul 9, 2024
Shankar: Framing goals around proactive behaviors makes progress easier to track
“There is some research showing that you do want to frame your goals in terms of do behaviors versus don't behaviors, so you would kind of acknowledge this before. It's much more easy to measure progress when we're engaging in proactive decisions or proactive b…”
Jul 9, 2024 neutral
Shankar: Group identity shapes beliefs more than data and facts
“Facts and science and evidence don't surface as much as they should in some of our debates, and it's because when we look at how it is that people form their attitudes and beliefs about the world, they're not simply basing it on What the data says. They're bas…”
Jul 9, 2024
Shankar: Self-identity narratives must be rooted in reality and external feedback
“So I really don't, I'm not okay with people telling themselves stories that are simply advantageous or promote psychological well-being, right? They have to be rooted in reality. They have to be to some degree vetted by the people in your life.”
Jul 9, 2024 neutral
Shankar: Fear of Social Ejection Prevents People From Updating Their Beliefs
“And if you feel too strong tribal membership, it can impede you from updating your point of view, because in that moment, You're not just asking yourself, do I believe in that X virus is real? What you're really asking is, do I belong to X group or not? Becaus…”