1136: How to Reshape Your Beliefs to Unlock Hidden Capabilities with Nir Eyal

Most of our problems in life come from the fact that far too many people don't realize that the things that they think are facts are nothing more than beliefs. That's Nir Ayal. He's a globally recognized authority on behavioral change and human potential. He's also the author of the best-selling hooked and indistractable books, and recently he's been exploring the power of beliefs.

For the last six years, he's been researching his newest book, Beyond Belief, the science-backed way to stop limiting yourself and achieve breakthrough results. So you'll learn one, striking examples of the power of our beliefs, two, how to make the most of placebos, and three, three tools for challenging your limited beliefs. And if you want a quick summary write-up of the actual wisdom that Nier shares, I recommend Drop on boyAwesometyourjob.com and sign up for the free gold nugget email newsletter. I'm Pete McKaitis, and this is How to Be Awesome at Your Job, and now here's Nier.

Nier, welcome back. Thanks, Pete. Great to be here. Well, I'm excited to chat about your book Beyond Belief, Beliefs Boy. I have found them to be powerful and I've heard them to be powerful and I'm I'm excited to have you sort out the myth from the fact and the science and bring some inspiration.

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