Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby

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September 11, 2025Dr. Daniel Crosby - Real Meaning is Bigger Than You
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What did psychiatrist Dr. Derek Summerfield learn about the importance of treating social circumstances, as opposed to just brain chemistry, during his research in Cambodia on the psychological effects of unexploded landmines?
What did St. Francis of Assisi, Leo Tolstoy, Winston Churchill and other luminaries have to say about the importance of giving and charitable service?
What do longitudinal studies show about the mental and physical health benefits gained by those who volunteer on behalf of others?
Does volunteering make us happier, or are happy people just more likely to volunteer in the first place?
Why does our will power often diminish when we feel threatened and swell when we focus on contributing to the greater good? How does this play out in psychological research?
What does Adam Grant’s book, Give and Take, illustrate about the power of focusing on others in the context of telemarketing? How can this lesson be applied more generally to our lives and our careers?
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September 04, 2025Dr. Daniel Crosby - Relationships Are a Pathway to Purpose
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Why did François Clemmons not initially want to take on the role of police officer on Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood?
How does psychological research bear out the fact that relationships are the most succinct route to attaining a purposeful life?
What are some unique benefits that accrue to those who focus on cultivating meaningful relationships and friendships?
Is living a purposeful life also predictive of having better relationships?
What effect does leading a meaningful life have on one’s romantic relationships?
What is the exact mechanism by which living meaningfully makes our relationships stronger and relationships make our lives more meaningful?
What does the famous Harvard longevity study show about the power of relationships in both extending our lives and making them more fulfilling?
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14 min
August 28, 2025Dr. Daniel Crosby - Create a Work
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What are Victor Frankl’s 3 paths to a meaningful existence? For Frankl, which of these is the first and most path to meaning?
How does the French Existentialist, Jean Paul Sartre, further validate Frankl’s emphasis on having meaningful work, or a project?
Why did Schuller and Seligmann believe that pleasure, meaning and engagement are 3 unique predictors of subjective wellbeing?
Why is finding purpose and fulfillment in your dayjob so important?
What are “global” and “domain-specific” types of meaning?
According to Psychological research, what does meaningful work usually look like?
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August 22, 2025Dr. Daniel Crosby - Wanting Well
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What is “manufactured desire” and what sinister role does it often play in contemporary life?
Why is our tendency to let others’ influence our decisions a dramatic outlier from much of the Animal Kingdom?
What is French Theorist René Girard’s Mimetic Theory and why can understanding it help inform the ways in which we make important decisions?
Luke Burgis, one of Girard’s disciples, categorizes desires as either thin or thick. What distinguishes the two types of desire and why is this delineation so important?
What are a series of questions you can ask yourself to parse whether the desire in question is thin or thick?
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August 07, 2025Dr. Daniel Crosby - Finding Meaning in the Mundane
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What transpired in the apocryphal conversation between JFK and a NASA janitor and what can we learn from this?
Why is finding meaning in the mundane such an important part of living a fulfilled life?
Why is chasing intrinsic fulfillment often much more fruitful than chasing monetary gain or career advancement?
What psychological benefits accrue as a result of seeing your job as a calling rather than a simple means to and end?
What is Dr. Amy Wrzesniewski’s idea of “job crafting?”
What is “minimization,” as a psychological principle, and why is it so detrimental?
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July 31, 2025Dr. Daniel Crosby - Gratitude: Giving Thanks for the Meaning You Already Enjoy
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How does Guy de Maupassant’s short story, The Necklace, illustrate the importance of gratitude and how a lack of it can lead to personal misfortune?
What does contemporary Psychology research show about the transformative power of gratitude in our lives?
What are some examples of reciprocal altruism in the Animal Kingdom, aside from humans?
Why is gratitude sometimes called the mother of all virtues?
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July 24, 2025Dr. Daniel Crosby - Follow Your Gift
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What novel approach did Hungarian Mathematician Abraham Wald utilize to better understand which parts of American planes needed improved armor during WWII?
What is “survivorship bias” and how did Abraham Wald avoid this?
Why does professor Scott Galloway suggest that we should follow our talent, or gift, rather than our passion?
What are the key differences between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset and what do life’s outcomes for each mindset look like, on average?
Why is effort more predictive of success in romantic relationships than passion?
Why do we tend to lose intrinsic motivation, or passion, for tasks for which there is an extrinsic reward like a paycheck?
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July 17, 2025Dr. Daniel Crosby - Your Curiosity Points to Your Purpose
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What can we learn from Leonardo da Vinci about harnessing curiosity to fill our lives with purpose?
Why does science writer Sharon Begley think that curiosity is the mental counterpart to physical hunger?
What is an example of how curiosity is hardwired into our genetic makeup?
What can “convergent” and “divergent” ways of thinking tell us about why creativity must be actively cultivated to avoid squelching it?
What did author Susan Engle discover about how curiosity steadily diminishes throughout grade school if it’s not actively attended to?
How is curiosity correlated to longevity, if at all?
What are some actionable ways we can cultivate creativity in our daily lives?
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16 min
July 03, 2025Dr. Daniel Crosby - Your Story Needs a Villain
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What are anti-goals and why are they often just as, if not more, powerful than goals?
What does the prospect theory of behavioral economics have to say about the uniquely motivating power of a villain?
Why do humans have asymmetrical risk preferences and what does this reveal about human nature?
What did famous investor Charlie Munger mean by his famous quote “invert, always invert?”
What is the Stoic exercise of “Premitatio Malorum” and how can it be used in everyday life?
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10 min
June 26, 2025Dr. Daniel Crosby - Rolling With Resistance
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What did author Steven Pressfield have to say about resistance?
What are “circular techniques” in Martial Arts and what can they teach us about the power of rolling with resistance?
What was the “salt march” that Gandhi led and what does it illustrate about the power of resistance?
What is the “Acceptance and Commitment Therapy” methodology that psychologist Dr. Steven C. Hayes invented?
What did Steven C. Hayes mean by “self-as-context” and what should we take away from this perspective?
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12 min

About Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby

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The Standard Deviations podcast is a weekly production that looks at money, mind and meaning, all through a psychological lens. Each week, psychologist and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Daniel Crosby interviews a fascinating new guest, experts in everything from finance to literature to wellness. Each guest provides listeners with three concrete ways to apply what was learned that week, ensuring that weekly listening becomes part of a path to a richer life. Episodes are brief, research-based, and designed to fit perfectly within your commute time. So, tune in for practical news that will help you make more, think more and be more.