Ego Blindspots: 9 Cognitive Biases to Avoid [Biases #1]

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:

• When our ego serves us or sabotages us
• Why we fall in love for the wrong reasons
• How our bias to perceive ambiguity as hostility almost triggered a Nuclear war

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:

1. [YOU ARE HERE] - Ego Blindspots
2. Human Nature vs. Money: Battling Irrationality & Thinking Traps [May 19th]
3. Confirmation Bias and the 7 Sins of Lazy Thinking - [June 4th]
4. Reality Distortion and the 7 Illusions of Perception Impact Everyone - [June 18th]
5. Cognitive Rigidity and How Einstein Overcame the 5 Biases that Keep Us Stuck - [June 19th]
6. Thinking Fast and Slow: How to Make Better Decisions - [July 12th]

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.

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• Mail - GrowthMindsetPodcast(at)gmail.com
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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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