Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick

HOW THEY WORK

Lisa Feldman Barrett ‘How Emotions are Made’

Our brains make predictions

We experience affect  Valence & Arousal

Interroception: What we feel inside Sensory Input: What we sense outside Concepts: What this is like

Our brain regulates our body budget Use concept to decide on emotion

WHY THEY MATTER

Release of chemicals and hormones inside of us Allocate resources to balance body budget Influence us in terms of what we can do

Source of information and even wisdom in terms of ‘gut feelings’

Guide us in terms of what we like and what we don’t

When we are taken advantage of we can get angry When our status is in danger, we can get scared When 

They make us human.

Love. Compassion. Ecstasy. 

Birth of a Baby. Laughing with a friend.

WHEN THEY DON’T MATTER

Our brains aren’t optimized for happiness

They are optimized for survival in the jungle.

Nowadays, huge adrenaline surge isn’t as useful as it was.

As such, they focus on danger, drama and desire.

We become addicted to extreme emotions

Our feelings often mask the truth. Feelings vs Facts.

Drug Addiction, Anger, Falling in Love - Craziness

In this interview, I talk with one of the top experts in the field of self development Dr John Demartini. We discuss being yourself, breaking through limitations and the different sides to good and bad experiences. Some gems in here.

ABOUT DR JOHN DEMARTINI

Dr. John Demartini is a world-leading human behavior specialist, researcher, polymath, philosopher, international speaker, best-selling author, educator, and the founder of The Demartini Method. The Demartini Method is a revolutionary tool in modern psychology. He has authored 40 books that have been translated into 39 different languages and presented his insights alongside some of the world’s most influential people, including Sir Richard Branson and Deepak Chopra. He has been awarded the IAOTP Top Human Behavior Specialist of the Year as well as the IAOTP Lifetime Achievement Award.    His work is a summation of over 299 different disciplines synthesized from the greatest minds in most fields of study today. His extensive curriculum focuses on helping purpose driven individuals master their lives so that they are able to more extensively serve humanity with their inspired vision and mission.     Harnessing almost five decades of research across multiple disciplines, Dr Demartini shares his life, business, financial, relationship and leadership empowerment strategies with people all over the globe - enabling them to transform their lives according to their highest values. To find out more visit, www.drdemartini.com

Last week we talked about getting people’s attention by using helpful hacks. To continue the motions, in this episode, we will be talking about how you can grab people’s attention from the gecko. To change minds, you have to be able to present your ideas powerfully, in a way that people can remember them. If you ever stumbled into psychology, you will know that different factors play a role in determining what people can remember. To clear things further, we will be presenting 10 ideas that could help people remember you easily.

1. Context-figure specific examples whenever you are teaching a certain idea, try and use particular instances where you can tie and connect your ideas.
2. Cues- a cue is something that immediately triggers a particular item
3. Contrast- the importance of grabbing people’s attention by telling them what they’re not expecting
4. Emotion- when you experience “state-dependent learning.”
5. Quantity- getting a certain number
6. Relevancy- find ways to connect to something that’s already important to your audience
7. Repetition- repeating the same ideas over and over
8. Self-creative- get people to apply your theories, ideas, or techniques in their way
9. Senses- get them to see, feel and experience something
10. Social- make it something that people want to share with others

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In this episode, we identify the 6 keys you can use to make your content compelling to consume and engage with.

The keys are:

Wow Exclusive Emotional Practical Clever Entertaining (funny, inspiring, story)

In this episode, we explore the art and science of getting people’s attention. Let’s explore the depths and analyze how you can get people’s attention by exploring 15 different hacks that could be of use in your business, social media platforms, and the like.

Here’s the list of the 15 HACKERS that you should use to grab everyone’s attention:

 1. Novelty- the ability to show something that’s never been seen before  2. Sexual Desire- one of the in-built impulses that we have as humans  3. Food- showing delicious looking food to attract people  4. Danger- pointing out the potential hazards to grab their attention  5. Relevance- figure out what’s important to your audience  6. Drama- exaggerate things by using dramatic effect  7. Hope- provide people something that they can look forward to  8. Memorable- make things easy for you to remember  9. Curiosity- grab attention by asking questions 10. Motivation- motivation towards pain or pleasure 11. Unfinished-starting a story, then finishing it later on 12. Mysterious- need to want to figure things out 13. Surprise-transcending people’s expectations 14. Beauty- cute things 15. Polarization-what strong beliefs that we have that people will disagree with?

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In this episode, I explore the area of thought leadership... what it means... what a thought leader is and some of the challenges we face as thought leaders!!

In the final podcast rerun episode, I discuss anxiety. We look at why we feel anxious in the first place and what we can do about it!

Brene Brown, one of the most important psychological researchers alive today has completed some powerful and fascinating research into the area of vulnerability. In this rerun of one of the most popular episodes in the work of series, I explore her books and work.

Today's RERUN - 'Winning the war in your head' is about taking charge of how you think and feel so that you can learn to change your own mind by applying skills from Psychology, Neurology, CBT, NLP, Mindfulness and much more. You will understand more about how your brain works and how to change the way you think and feel.