Build self-awareness and recognise the mind traps we easily fall into every day.

We examine 9 different cognitive biases related to Ego and how we can spot them.

Learn:

From panicking over getting some ketchup on our trousers to explosive road rage, cognitive biases can give us an answer.

Learning how to recognise our own biases can lead to a much calmer, kinder and more successful life.

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📕 Recommended Books

These books are full of brilliant insights and mental models to help you become a more rational thinker.

🏎️ Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman - UK Book - US Book

🤪 Predictably Irrational - Dan Ariely - UK Book - US Book

🧘‍♀️ The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli

🧠 Super Thinking by Gabriel Weinberg & Lauren McCain

🪐 The Skeptics Guide to the Universe by Dr. Steven Novella

Further Listening

Enjoyed this episode? Check out the rest of the Cognitive Ciases series:

Growth Mindset pod

Sam Webster Harris explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.

Success and happiness is a state of mind unique to ourselves and is our responsibility to create.

Chapters

00:00 Spotlight Effect

02:25 Dunning Kruger Effect

04:41 Status Quo Bias

06:29 Curse of Knowledge

08:21 Cognitive Dissonance

10:34 The Halo Effect

14:07 Fundamental Attribution Error

16:13 Actor-Observer Bias

17:33 Self-Serving Bias

19:54 Hostile Attribution Bias

23:42 Note 1 - Don't blame other peoples behaviours

24:22 Note 2 - Don't get lost in our own world

27:21 Note 3 - These Biases exist for a reason

28:33 Note 4 - Don't get easily offended

29:14 Send Off

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