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b'Our expectations can shape how we navigate life in more ways than one. Expectations help us prepare, but not just through action; there are actual physiological changes that occur when we\'re anticipating certain things.\\nDavid Robson, "an award-winning science writer who focuses on the extremes of the human brain, body, and behavior", joins us for this episode. Through practical takeaways founded on scientific theory from his book, The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Change Your World, David opens our minds to a fun and transformative look at the fantastical power that the mind has in making expectations a reality.\\nLearn useful tools that you can use to your benefit, both in terms of increasing positive experiences and better managing the harder experiences that are unavoidable. Tune in for this game-changing episode that will shift your perspective and day-to-day experience in some fascinating and surprising ways.\\xa0\\n\\nListen and Learn:\\xa0\\n\\nWhy David describes the mind as a prediction machine\\xa0\\n\\nUnpacking Alia J Crum\\u2019s "Mind-set Matters: Exercise and the Placebo Effect"\\xa0study and why it propelled David to write The Expectation Effect\\xa0\\n\\nFinding the ideal level of optimism and pessimism with regard to expectations\\n\\nHow can people\'s perceptions of the same events differ so widely from one another, and why might this be a strength rather than a point of conflict?\\xa0\\n\\nThe power of context in directing our expectations and impacting how we experience the world\\n\\nIs willpower depleting or self-perpetuating, and does mindset play a role?\\xa0\\n\\nThe placebo vs. the nocebo effect\\xa0\\n\\nThe three different mechanisms for The Expectation Effect\\n\\nWhat is the best way to set up The Expectation Effect when we are experiencing sadness or depression?\\n\\nHow researching The Expectation Effect changed the trajectory of David\'s depression\\n\\nThe parallels between The Expectation Effect and other disciplines like Buddhism and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy\\xa0\\n\\n\\nResources:\\n\\nVisit David\'s website\\n\\nFollow David on Twitter\\xa0\\n\\nThe Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Change Your World\\n\\nMind-set Matters: Exercise and the Placebo Effect\\n\\nAnother White Christmas: fantasy proneness and reports of \\u2018hallucinatory experiences\\u2019 in undergraduate students\\n\\n\\nAbout David Robson\\xa0\\nDavid Robson is an award-winning science writer specializing in the extremes of the human brain, body and behavior. He\\u2019s written for the Guardian, the Atlantic, New Scientist, Men\\u2019s Health and many more. His first book was The Intelligence Trap and his second, discussed in this episode, is The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Transform Your World.\\xa0\\n\\nRelated Episodes\\xa0\\n\\n209. The Art of Managing Pressure with Hank Weisinger\\n\\n227. The Science of Happy with Sonja Lyubomirksy\\n\\n259. Rethinking Delusions with Victoria Sheperd\\n\\n266. Future Tense with Tracy Dennis-Tiwary\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'