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Dr. Jamil Zaki: How to Cultivate a Positive, Growth-Oriented

Dr. Jamil Zaki: How to Cultivate a Positive, Growth-Oriented Mindset

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“Andrew Huberman”

In this episode, my guest is Dr. Jamil Zaki, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Stanford University, director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Laboratory, and the author of the new book Hope for Cynics. We discuss cynicism and its healthier, more adaptive alternative, healthy skepticism, and…

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  1. Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed this topic and episode, please click the "like" button and subscribe to our channel here on YouTube.
    Thank you for your interest in science! — Andrew

  2. "Distributions of our perceptions are two hills on the opposite side of a landscape", "The division in our mind is much greater than the division we actually have" = Cognitive dissonance

  3. Thank you both so much! I agree and also wanted to add. I feel that the underlying cause of cynicism is actually being very vulnerable and sensitive in a harsh environment or one that doesn't support and nourish that sensitivity and threatens it somehow. As you said, it's a defense mechanism, but i wanted to emphasize it points on a highly sensitive individual who lost faith in the people around him to be as sensitive too. Which is realistic when you are much more sensitive than the average. I think it helps to understand it makes us more empathetic and less cynical towards cynicism. That's alreafy a good remedy for all of us. For those who are very sensitive and feel most others are not as sensitive and dealing with them requires protecting one's sensitivity, its good to atune to see that that's exactly the reason you meet the external hard shell of people instead of the soft interrior that wants to connect. Simply because many of us are soft inside and created a tough separating exteriors so we won't get hurt or so we can manage life when it's more difficult. And then we learn when it's safe to open up and trust and when not. But before we can differentiate, we generalize to allow us to stay protected while we learn. We just need to realize it's an intermediate stage and not stay in the generalization mode to either direction. It is difficult to hold the complexity of ourselves and life and really feel comfortable with the polarities and middle all together as a part of the whole. It takes time to grow to be able to hold it all together and integrate.

  4. Yay! I guessed about 80% of the people would return the money! Great topic! It's helping me identify some of the cynicism I have. It's always worthwhile listing to the Huberman Lab!!! ❤

  5. Hi Andrew, been a fan of yours since you started this and thank you for your work because it’s changed my life for the better. This episode in particular hit home. My mother has early onset Alzheimer’s but she’s also a cynic. I’m working on this in counseling, but I’m interested in your perspective on how you would navigate this situation and what I should be on alert for neurologically? And if there’s a connection between the two through experimental research? Thanks again for everything you do!

  6. Ohhh man- love this; right in my area of curiosity and passion 💯✅🙏🙏🤗
    So much to unpack here 🤯

    For what is worth it:

    It’s true- Even though I am very good in what I do, I’ve been told that people cant take me ‘seriously’ because I am empathetic and always trying to be kind! But I refuse to sell my soul and all I stand for Just to be seen as a ‘serious expert’(which I am btw) just to appease people who don’t value truth trust and loyalty but are always narrow minded in their views!👏

  7. Dealing with the public in my job, I deal with my fair share of ignorant stupid people. I had kind of fallen into the trap of being somewhat cynical about the intelligence of the masses. That was till then a friend & mentor mentioned to me "He would rather treat people as though they are intelligent, and be disappointed, than treat people as stupid and have his expectations meet."
    Food for thought.

  8. My 25 yr old son is very cynical. I feel half because of his past trama and half due to social media. It got worse after being diagnosed with a chronic back disease and depression increasing. I could not even get him to watch this with me. A few min in he said "I'm a realist" and left the room 😔. Thank you for another awsome video! I learn so much from you. Thank you❤

  9. This has made me truly look at how I interact on social media. I’ve recently typed some things I’m not proud of and it’s because of this cynicism and seeing everyone who disagrees as an existential threat. I have a history of CPTSD and I believe when engaged in toxic encounters online my fight or flight mechanisms get triggered and I’ll convince myself that I’m actually fighting for my life over an ideological disagreement.

  10. Just to clarify what was said: the 100 kidnapping cases mentioned here are a more extreme SUBSET of the broader 20,000 non-family child abductions, occuring in the USA yearly. Thee 100 lower number cases are characterized by a greater degree of planning, distance, and potential harm to the child.

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