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Dr. Adam Grant: How to Unlock Your Potential, Motivation & Unique Abilities

2023/11/27
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是一位专注于神经科学、学习和健康的斯坦福大学教授和播客主持人。
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Andrew Huberman: 我认为拖延症是一种策略,通过制造最后期限来提高专注力。我喜欢最后期限带来的压力和兴奋感,这能让我集中精力,发挥最佳状态。 Adam Grant: 拖延症并非懒惰,而是为了避免负面情绪,例如无聊、恐惧、焦虑或困惑。人们会做一些耗费精力的活动来逃避任务,这并非懒惰,而是情绪调节机制。 Andrew Huberman: 我认为拖延症是一种策略,通过制造时间压力来提高专注力。我喜欢最后期限带来的压力和兴奋感,这能让我集中精力,发挥最佳状态。 Adam Grant: 中度拖延症可能促进创造力,因为在最后期限压力下,大脑有足够的时间进行潜意识的加工和联想。轻度拖延有助于创造力,而过度拖延则会限制创造力。 Andrew Huberman: 我对潜意识和创造力之间的关系很感兴趣,尤其是在知道自己正在拖延什么的情况下。 Adam Grant: 中度拖延促进创造力的前提是:对任务本身具有内在动机。如果对任务本身不感兴趣,拖延只会导致逃避,而不会促进创造力。 Andrew Huberman: 如何提升内在动机?如何将内在动机与绩效联系起来? Adam Grant: 通过设计任务本身、奖励系统和自我激励来提升内在动机。外在奖励可以提高生产力,但对内在动机有潜在的负面影响。外在奖励会削弱内在动机,例如,当对有趣的任务给予奖励后,人们可能会认为他们只是为了奖励而做任务,从而失去对任务的兴趣。在自主性前提下,外在奖励不会对内在动机产生重大负面影响,关键在于奖励方式和对任务的解释。 Andrew Huberman: 内在动机如何影响绩效? Adam Grant: 内在动机有助于提高注意力、持久性和创造力。 Andrew Huberman: 如何平衡社交媒体与深度工作? Adam Grant: 制定“安静时间”协议可以显著提高生产力。“安静时间”协议的实施时间应根据个人生物钟而定。 Andrew Huberman: 如何提升创意的质量? Adam Grant: 获取反馈的最佳方式是向多个值得信赖的人寻求意见,并根据反馈进行调整。反馈的有效性取决于其关注点是任务本身还是个人。“二次评分”法有助于更好地接受批评。 Andrew Huberman: 如何培养成长型思维? Adam Grant: 成长型思维需要持续的努力和实践,并结合合适的环境。成长型思维在人们更需要它的情况下更有效,并且需要结合合适的环境和文化。同时培养对自身能力和工作内容的成长型思维,才能提升工作满意度和绩效。 Andrew Huberman: 强烈的内在动机对其他任务的绩效有何影响? Adam Grant: 对某一任务的强烈兴趣可能会降低对其他不太感兴趣的任务的绩效。强烈的内在动机可能导致对其他任务的绩效下降。 Andrew Huberman: 如何克服负面情绪的影响? Adam Grant: 克服负面情绪的有效策略包括转移注意力和重新解读。 Andrew Huberman: 如何识别和克服盲点? Adam Grant: 偏见盲点是所有偏见之母,它会导致人们无法识别自身的偏见。反思最佳自我画像可以帮助人们发现自身的优势。人们在思考问题时,常常会以传教士、检察官或政治家的思维模式进行思考,这会阻碍他们对自身假设的质疑。以科学家的思维方式思考问题可以提高判断力和决策力。 Andrew Huberman: 如何在社交媒体上保持真实性? Adam Grant: 真实性不应成为不尊重行为的借口。真正的真诚在于坚持自己的原则,即使这意味着在某些时刻需要克制自己的想法和感受。 Andrew Huberman: 如何看待潜能? Adam Grant: 人们常常低估自己的潜力,因为他们根据自身初始能力进行自我评判。实现潜力的关键在于动机、机会和持续改进。 Andrew Huberman: 如何培养孩子的潜能? Adam Grant: 教养孩子时,应鼓励他们贡献和给予建议,而不是仅仅给予指导。孩子需要感受到自己的重要性,而这不仅仅体现在无条件的爱和支持上,更体现在他们对家庭的贡献上。

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This chapter explores procrastination, its causes, and its surprising link to creativity. It discusses the distinction between chronic and strategic procrastination, highlighting the role of negative emotions and the benefits of moderate procrastination for idea generation and incubation.
  • Procrastination is not simply laziness, but often a way to avoid negative emotions associated with a task.
  • Moderate procrastination can boost creativity by allowing for idea incubation.
  • Intrinsic motivation is crucial for productive procrastination; boredom leads to avoidance, not creative thinking.

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In this episode, my guest is Dr. Adam Grant, Ph.D.), a professor of organizational psychology at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, an expert in the science and practical steps for increasing motivation, maximizing and reaching our potential, and understanding how individuals and groups can best flourish. He is also an avid public educator, having written five bestselling books), delivered several top-ranking TED Talks and is the host of two psychology podcasts). We discuss how to overcome procrastination, how to increase intrinsic motivation (even for dreaded tasks), identify blind spots and rethink our assumptions, and how we can build a persistent growth mindset. We also explain tools to improve creativity and discuss the surprising relationship between creativity and procrastination. We then explore how to effectively solicit useful feedback and grow from constructive criticism and how you can improve your level of focus and attention using science-supported methods. We also discuss mental tools to get out of negative thought spirals, how to nurture potential in yourself or others, and the dark side of perfectionism. The discussion delivers more than a dozen science-supported protocols that are readily applicable to anyone seeking to live a more productive, fulfilling, and creative life.

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Timestamps

(00:00:00) Dr. Adam Grant

(00:01:53) Sponsors: LMNT & Waking Up

(00:05:56) Procrastination & Emotion; Curiosity

(00:14:06) Creativity & Procrastination; Motivation

(00:20:48) Intrinsic Motivation & Curiosity

(00:27:59) Tool: Tasks & Sense of Purpose

(00:29:34) Sponsor: AG1

(00:32:34) Extrinsic Rewards, Choice; Social Media

(00:42:24) Tool: “Quiet Time” Protocol, Chronotypes

(00:49:20) Tool: Creativity: Mornings, Movement, Stillness

(00:58:14) Tools: Ideas & Filtering, Feedback & Opinions, Advice

(01:07:15) Tool: Constructive Criticism, “Second Score”; Verbs

(01:14:40) Tool: Growth Mindsets, Scaffolding; Job Innovation

(01:21:50) Tools: Task Sequencing & Intrinsic Motivation; Tapering & Frame of Reference

(01:30:03) Tools: Momentum, Confidence & Domains; Negative Thought Spirals

(01:36:16) Tool: Phone & “To Don’t” List; Writing Ideas

(01:39:54) Tool: Bias Blindspot, Reflected Best-Self Portrait

(01:45:36) Helping Others, Synthesizing Information

(01:50:24) Modes of Thinking, Blind Spots & Assumptions

(01:56:10) Thinking Like a Scientist: Hypothesis-Testing & Discourse, Social Media

(02:05:150 Tool: Authenticity, Sincerity & Etiquette, “Snapshot” & Online Presence

(02:12:49) Realizing Potential: Motivation, Opportunity & Process

(02:21:53) Skills to Realize Potential, Perfectionism

(02:27:52) Tool: Early Success & Performance Cycle, “Failure Budget”

(02:31:56) Future Projects, Complex Issues & Challenging Ideas

(02:40:10) Artistic Hobbies, Magicians

(02:45:55) Science Communication, Interest & Self-Relevance

(02:52:16) Languishing, Descriptive Language & Emotions

(03:00:09) Tool: Nurture Potential in Children, “Coach Effect”

(03:10:16) Zero-Cost Support, Spotify & Apple Reviews, Sponsors, YouTube Feedback, Momentous, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter

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