Gravitational Pull of free – harmful effects
The harmful effects of being lured by the gravitational pull of free have been highlighted below from Predictably Irrational.
Category: Motivational
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The benefits of being a music lover
Why should you listen to music?
Music is a central aspect of my life and hence my life would have been incomplete without music. There are quite a number of benefits of being a music lover.
Research has proven that listening to music can results in these TWO very important benefits:
- Reduce stress and anxiety by controlling psychic entropy when you are under a lot of duress. It enables us to be in flow.
- Stimulate right brain thinking and increase you creative abilities.
Read the following insights from the best sellers Flow and The Power of Habit to know more about the benefits of being a music lover.
https://viewpointsunplugged.com/how-does-music-reduce-anxiety/
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Our BRAIN LOVES RELATIVITY.
Why does Brain Love Relativity?
Our brain loves relativity and the reason for this has been beautifully illustrated by Dan Ariely in his book Predictably Irrational.
Highlighted below is the insight inspired from this book that shows why we always tend to choose in relative terms.
This would have frequently happened to you as well and is indeed a quirk of the brain wherein we think irrationally.
Know more about Irrationality
To know more about anther insight on irrationality read this link below:
https://viewpointsunplugged.com/harmful-effects-of-being-lured-by-the-gravitational-pull-of-free/
For all insights from this book please visit –
https://viewpointsunplugged.com/?s=predictably+irrational
This book is a must read for all of you who love psychology. Grab a copy today:
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Anchor Effect and its relation to Decision making.
How does Anchor Effect influence our Decision making?
When an anchor price is set in our mind it becomes a basis for future decision making. This quirk of our brain is made us by marketeers to position their products.
The anchor effect and its relation to decision making has been illustrated by Dan Ariely in his book Predictably Irrational. This is one of the many irrational quirks of our brain.
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Adopt an Infinite Mindset to play the game of Life
The Infinite Game of Life
The biggest lesson I have learnt lately which I wish I learnt early on in life is that: Life is an Infinite Game. Inspired by Simon Sinek’s book The Infinite Game, i now realize that there is no winning or losing in life. We just need to keep on playing the infinite game of life with an infinite mindset.
When we adopt an infinite mindset, we realize that we need to compete with ourselves and make a better version of ourselves by the day.
This concept is very powerful and indeed very relaxing and is sure to take a lot of stress out from your lives.
For more insights from this book, please visit –
https://viewpointsunplugged.com/?s=the+infinite+game
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Optimism is the other name of Life
Where there is Optimism there is life
My favorite word is Optimism. Being optimism and having faith in god gives me the strength to remain in flow and ward off any negative thoughts along with anxiety.
Research has proven that there are several benefits in remaining optimistic such as:
- Optimism can protect against depression — even for people who are at risk for it
- An optimistic outlook makes people more resistant to stress.
- Optimism may even help people live longer.
I am a big time Simon Sinek fan who has taught me to always take the RISK of OPTIMISM in life and the following quote is very inspirational.
“The primary ingredient for progress is optimism. The unwavering belief that something can be better drives the human race forward.“
Simon Sinek quoteHence what are you waiting for, like me take the risk of optimism.
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The DECOY EFFECT and Human IRRATIONALITY
How can Decoy Effect make you behave irrationally?
The Decoy effect is a very common and is a ploy made use of by marketeers to trigger human irrationality while making choices. This has been wonderfully explained by Dan Ariely in his book Predictably Irrational.
The relation between Decoy Effect and human irrationality
This book explores different facets wherein our rational brain stops and irrationality takes over. Decoy effect is explained as a phenomenon when a NEGATIVE of a particular OPTION is purposefully introduced to divert the attention of potential buyers from other possible options.
Read this insight to know more about this phenomenon
Thus thorough explanation of the decoy effect shows how it can effect our irrationality while making choices.
Explore more from Predictably Irrational
Another one very interesting insight from this book can be found in the below link:
https://viewpointsunplugged.com/the-science-behind-working-of-a-placebo/
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Demystifying human irrationality from Predictably Irrational
Predictably Irrational key irrational insights
As you are aware I am a bibliophile and am currently reading a wonderful book named Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely. So this evening I plan to read this book even further for demystifying human irrationality mentioned at length in Predictably Irrational.
This is indeed a wonderful book and mentions THREE IRRATIONALITIES which even the MOST RATIONAL human being will fall prey to:
- Decoy effect – When comparing between A and B if a decoy ins introduced for one option say -A, we tend to ignore B all together and allude towards A.
- Anchor effect – First impression is always the best impression , and can influence all our decisions relative to that impression.
- Gravitational pull of FREE – We agree with it or not , all humans have a natural inclination towards something offered for FREE even though that product/service being offered is not something that we desire.
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Making Book Reading a Habit to Relax
Reading books can help relax and free up anxiety
Whenever I am stressed and need to relax I fall back upon my most favorite motivational books from authors like Simon Sinek, Dan Pink, Carmine Gallo and the like. Hence I encourage all to make book reading a habit to relax and drive all anxiety and stress.
When I read good motivational books I am able to make best use of my psychic energy and am in full flow. This in turn gives me energy to ward off negative thoughts and frees me from anxiety.
Thus I encourage all of you to read motivational books to relax by being in flow.
For more insights from the book Flow please visit the link –
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Unleash your Passion to avoid Stress
Daily writing promptIf you had to give up one word that you use regularly, what would it be?How can Passion enable relaxation?
The One word that I use regularly and would love to give up is STRESS. Agree or not in our modern life of hustle and bustle the need to juggle among various priorities causes a lot of stress. Unleashing our passion is the right tonic to help us avoid stress.
The power of passion to avoid stress has been aptly summarized by the below quote –
Simon Sinek’s quote –
“Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress; working hard for something we love is called passion.”
Hence to avoid stress it is imperative to pick a passion and pursue the same to feel fulfilled.
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