Maya Shankar
12 statements across 1 episodes · 8 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 24, 2026 by Maya Shankar · across every show →
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Jan 24, 2026 positive
Jan 24, 2026
Jan 24, 2026 positive
Shankar: Breaking goals into weekly milestones prevents the demotivating 'middle problem'
“We get a huge boost in motivation at the beginning, and then we get a huge boost in motivation at the end, but there's this middle period where there's a nadir, there's a drop in motivation, because kind of in no man's land, it's like a little painful, you jus…”
Jan 24, 2026
Shankar: The 'end of history illusion' makes us believe we stop changing
“So the phenomenon you're describing is called the end of history illusion. And it basically says that we, Fully acknowledge that we've changed considerably in the past. So if you were to show me footage of ten-year-old Maya or twenty-year-old Maya, oh my god, …”
Jan 24, 2026 positive
Jan 24, 2026 positive
Shankar: Major disruptions inspire lasting internal change people appreciate
“When big changes happen to us, they also inspire lasting change within us. And by and large, the people that I've interviewed over the years for The Other Side of Change, but also for my podcast, they haven't been happy, necessarily, that the change happened t…”
Jan 24, 2026 positive
Jan 24, 2026
Shankar: Affirmations in crisis should focus on unthreatened identities
“You just take five or 10 minutes, and you write down all the identities, all the things you really value in your life that give your life great meaning, but that importantly are not threatened by the change you're going through.”
Jan 24, 2026
Jan 24, 2026 positive
Jan 24, 2026 positive
Shankar: Innovators must frame tools around partners' existing goals
“Now you framed what you're doing as actually complementary to their efforts rather than sitting as like a tangential thing or like something that might be at odds with their thing, right? And so in every conversation, I try to first do my research and understa…”
Jan 24, 2026 positive
Shankar: Practicing a habit for one minute a day primes self-reinforcing identity
“The difference between writing zero minutes a day, and writing one minute a day, is that in the one minute world, you're a writer. And when you prime that identity, it's self-reinforcing. It leads to a virtuous cycle.”