Alexandrians with Daniel Karim

Why I wanted to learn from Dr. Art Markman 

One of the big questions that fascinate me at the moment is: Why is behavior change so hard and what can we do about it? 

Dr. Art Markman knows a thing or two about this problem, he is a Professor of Psychology and Marketing at the University of Texas at Austin, has written numerous books and is by all means one of the foremost authorities in the field of cognitive psychology and habit formation.

What do we talk about 

Why behavior change is hard and what we can do about it

His take on habit formation

His take on happiness and success

How to find Your Passion 

The story behind his collaboration with Dr. Phil

His new book "Bring Your Brain to Work"

Why I wanted to learn from Scott Young I stumbled over Scott Young when I was doing research for my upcoming book “The Behavior Architect”, at that time I made it my mission to read all “habit” books that I could get my hands on talk to the authors and share my learnings with you guys.Scott Young by that time already published several articles about habit formation and wrote the book “How To Change A Habit” that I found tremendously helpful. One of the reasons why I started The Psychology Podcast was because I wanted to motivate people to discover learning as their superpower.Scott Young already did that, so I reached out to him in order to ask him how he did it.Scott Young is always in learning mode and over the course of his career as an educational entrepreneur has helped thousands of people to find strategies to learn better. What is this episode about?Scott Young's view on happiness and success How he became the person that he is todayThe motivation behind his MIT Challenge Tips on how to learn betterAdvice for starting entrepreneurs His favorite language learning toolsScott Young by that time already published several articles about habit formation and wrote the book "How To Change A Habit" that I found tremendously helpful. One of the reasons why I started The Psychology Podcast was because I wanted to motivate people to discover learning as their superpower.Scott Young already did that, so I reached out to him in order to ask him how he did it.Scott Young is always in learning mode and over the course of his career as an educational entrepreneur has helped thousands of people to find strategies to learn better. Who is Scott Young?Scott Young is a lifelong learner and online entrepreneur who runs the business ScottHYoung.com where he tries to answer the question: “What’s the best way to learn?” through free articles, and a series of books and courses.In a world of limitless access to information, it’s become possible for all of us to direct our own learning like never before. And Scott is a great example of someone doing this – taking on ambitious ultra learning projects which include:The MIT Challenge, where he successfully learned MIT’s 4-year computer science curriculum in a year without taking classesThe Year Without English, where he travelled the world with a friend to learn four languages in a year – Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin and Korean.

Why I wanted to learn from Scott Young

I stumbled over Scott Young when I was doing research for my upcoming book “The Behavior Architect”, at that time I made it my mission to read all “habit” books that I could get my hands on talk to the authors and share my learnings with you guys.

Scott Young by that time already published several articles about habit formation and wrote the book “How To Change A Habit” that I found tremendously helpful.

One of the reasons why I started The Psychology Podcast was because I wanted to motivate people to discover learning as their superpower.

Scott Young already did that, so I reached out to him in order to ask him how he did it.

Scott Young is always in learning mode and over the course of his career as an educational entrepreneur has helped thousands of people to find strategies to learn better.

What is this episode about?

Scott Young's view on happiness and success

How he became the person that he is today

The motivation behind his MIT Challenge

Tips on how to learn better

Advice for starting entrepreneurs

His favorite language learning tools

Scott Young by that time already published several articles about habit formation and wrote the book "How To Change A Habit" that I found tremendously helpful.

One of the reasons why I started The Psychology Podcast was because I wanted to motivate people to discover learning as their superpower.

Scott Young already did that, so I reached out to him in order to ask him how he did it.

Scott Young is always in learning mode and over the course of his career as an educational entrepreneur has helped thousands of people to find strategies to learn better.

Who is Scott Young?

Scott Young is a lifelong learner and online entrepreneur who runs the business ScottHYoung.com where he tries to answer the question: “What’s the best way to learn?” through free articles, and a series of books and courses.

In a world of limitless access to information, it’s become possible for all of us to direct our own learning like never before. And Scott is a great example of someone doing this – taking on ambitious ultra learning projects which include:

The MIT Challenge, where he successfully learned MIT’s 4-year computer science curriculum in a year without taking classes

The Year Without English, where he travelled the world with a friend to learn four languages in a year – Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin and Korean.

One of the reasons why I created The Psychology Podcast was because I wanted to learn personally from the best psychologists in the world and share my discoveries directly with you. Dr. Carolyn Rubenstein knows a thing or two about being the best, she graduated summa cum laude from Duke University and received her M.A in Psychology from Harvard University. Attending Harvard University is still on my dream bucket list, and I was curious what it feels like to study in the William James Hall in Cambridge, so I reached out to Dr. Rubenstein and asked her.

One of the reasons why I created The Psychology Podcast was because I wanted to learn personally from the best psychologists in the world and share my discoveries directly with you. Dr. Carolyn Rubenstein knows a thing or two about being the best, she graduated summa cum laude from Duke University and received her M.A in Psychology from Harvard University. 

Attending Harvard University is still on my dream bucket list, and I was curious what it feels like to study in the William James Hall in Cambridge, so I reached out to Dr. Rubenstein and asked her.

Hi! Welcome to the Psychology Podcast hosted by me, Daniel Karim.

In my Podcast, I portray people who have an inspiring story to share that will help you to live a rich life yourself.

The goal is it to investigate and deconstruct happiness and success and explore what it takes to evolve as a person and kick a*s in life.

Advice From a Master TherapistWho is Jeffrey Kottler?Jeffrey A. Kottler is one of the foremost authorities and prolific writers in the fields of counseling, psychology, advocacy, and education. He is the best-selling author of more than 100 nonfiction books that address a wide range of subjects including personal development, group leadership, professional development of psychotherapists and teachers, social justice, and a variety of contemporary issues related to helping and healing, leadership, creativity, and personal meaning-making. His books have been translated into more than two dozen languages and include a New York Times bestseller and a few that have been produced as feature films.Jeffrey is Clinical Professor in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston Texas. He is also Professor Emeritus at California State University, Fullerton. He is the Founder of Empower Nepali Girls, an organization that supports and mentors at-risk girls and leads service projects to assist the needs of refugees and other marginalized groups around the world.For more of Jeffrey: https://www.jeffreykottler.com/For more interviews and articles:Blog: www.Danielkarim.comItunes: https://itunes.apple.com/de/podcast/grow-podcast/id1400864082Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniel__karim/Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/Daniel-Karim-2049090075324174Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC56zTwitter: https://twitter.com/DanielKarimPsyLinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-karim-219621162/

Advice From a Master Therapist

Who is Jeffrey Kottler?

Jeffrey A. Kottler is one of the foremost authorities and prolific writers in the fields of counseling, psychology, advocacy, and education. He is the best-selling author of more than 100 nonfiction books that address a wide range of subjects including personal development, group leadership, professional development of psychotherapists and teachers, social justice, and a variety of contemporary issues related to helping and healing, leadership, creativity, and personal meaning-making. His books have been translated into more than two dozen languages and include a New York Times bestseller and a few that have been produced as feature films.

Jeffrey is Clinical Professor in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston Texas. He is also Professor Emeritus at California State University, Fullerton. He is the Founder of Empower Nepali Girls, an organization that supports and mentors at-risk girls and leads service projects to assist the needs of refugees and other marginalized groups around the world.

For more of Jeffrey: https://www.jeffreykottler.com/

For more interviews and articles:

Blog: www.Danielkarim.com

Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/de/podcast/grow-podcast/id1400864082

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniel__karim/

Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/Daniel-Karim-2049090075324174

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC56z

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanielKarimPsy

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-karim-219621162/

The Psychology of Contemporary Dance

Who is Maria Löfskog?

Maria Löfskog is a dancer that grew up in the mountains of Sweden. She decided to pursue her own path through life to accomplish her dreams that were considered very far away from the safe village in the middle of nowhere that she was from.

Maria grew up in a family where there was always a competitive love for sports and also for dancing. This passion or dancing was very early installed into her mind, and this allowed her to go against actively pursue her dreams of becoming a dancer. 

Dancing has held a special place in her heart ever since.

Marias dancing style is provocative and aims at making people think about themselves and about their surrounding. 

Maria loves to emphasize the importance of asking questions.

Her work is a manifestation of this philosophy.

While other dancers entertain you, Maria Löfskog will challenge you to not only think one step outside of the box but ten.

Why I wanted to interview Maria Löfskog

I wanted to interview Maria Löfskog for The Psychology Podcast because I was curious about what dancing can give a person in regards to happiness, fulfillment, and purpose. 

One thing that I'm fascinated by and one thing that I still have my fair share of battles with is depression and anxiety.

Depression is also a phenomenon of movement. Or to be more precise, a lack of it. 

It's almost as if you can describe happiness episodes as physical states of agitation. The worst state is depression, it equals the physical state of freezing. You can't get out of bed anymore, your thoughts all revolve around the same unsolvable issues over and over again. 

Dancing is one the other side of the spectrum, it's almost like flying.

In order to measure happiness, psychologist use the Hamilton rating scale. It basically means how shitty you are feeling. 

21 is rock bottom suicidality, 1 is dancing in joyful excitement. 

I wanted to interview Maria Löfskog because I was curious if contemporary dance was making her happier. 

What I found was much more than I hoped for: A powerful ingredient for the recipe of happiness which is contemporary dance. 

Where can I listen to this episode?

ITUNES

SPOTIFY

STITCHER

Google Radiopublic 

Castbox

player.fm 

Listen Notes

InstagramTv

 Youtube

What is this episode about?

• Her first 60 minutes of the day

• Why she became a dancer

• What happiness is for her

• Her advice to an aspiring dancer

• Favorite / least favorite words and noises

• Three success tips that have helped her

• The book she has recommended most often

• The life slogan she would put on every coffee mug in the world

• What her childhood was like

• What it feels like to evoke emotions in people

• What she would love to see standing at the gates of heaven

Want to follow Maria Löfskog?

Instagram, Facebook

As always thank you for listening!

Drop a comment and let me know what your biggest take away was!

The Psychology of Contemporary Dance

Who is Maria Löfskog?

Maria Löfskog is a dancer that grew up in the mountains of Sweden. She decided to pursue her own path through life to accomplish her dreams that were considered very far away from the safe village in the middle of nowhere that she was from.

Maria grew up in a family where there was always a competitive love for sports and also for dancing. This passion or dancing was very early installed into her mind, and this allowed her to go against actively pursue her dreams of becoming a dancer. 

Dancing has held a special place in her heart ever since.

Marias dancing style is provocative and aims at making people think about themselves and about their surrounding. 

Maria loves to emphasize the importance of asking questions.

Her work is a manifestation of this philosophy.

While other dancers entertain you, Maria Löfskog will challenge you to not only think one step outside of the box but ten.

Why I wanted to interview Maria Löfskog

I wanted to interview Maria Löfskog for The Psychology Podcast because I was curious about what dancing can give a person in regards to happiness, fulfillment, and purpose. 

One thing that I'm fascinated by and one thing that I still have my fair share of battles with is depression and anxiety.

Depression is also a phenomenon of movement. Or to be more precise, a lack of it. 

It's almost as if you can describe happiness episodes as physical states of agitation. The worst state is depression, it equals the physical state of freezing. You can't get out of bed anymore, your thoughts all revolve around the same unsolvable issues over and over again. 

Dancing is one the other side of the spectrum, it's almost like flying.

In order to measure happiness, psychologist use the Hamilton rating scale. It basically means how shitty you are feeling. 

21 is rock bottom suicidality, 1 is dancing in joyful excitement. 

I wanted to interview Maria Löfskog because I was curious if contemporary dance was making her happier. 

What I found was much more than I hoped for: A powerful ingredient for the recipe of happiness which is contemporary dance. 

Where can I listen to this episode?

ITUNES

SPOTIFY

STITCHER

Google Radiopublic 

Castbox

player.fm 

Listen Notes

InstagramTv

 Youtube

What is this episode about?

• Her first 60 minutes of the day

• Why she became a dancer

• What happiness is for her

• Her advice to an aspiring dancer

• Favorite / least favorite words and noises

• Three success tips that have helped her

• The book she has recommended most often

• The life slogan she would put on every coffee mug in the world

• What her childhood was like

• What it feels like to evoke emotions in people

• What she would love to see standing at the gates of heaven

Want to follow Maria Löfskog?

Instagram, Facebook

As always thank you for listening!

Drop a comment and let me know what your biggest take away was!