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992: How to Break Free from Cynicism and Reclaim Hope with Jamil Zaki

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Jamil Zaki shows you that there’s much reason to hope–even for the most hardened cynics.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why hope equals success

2) Why to be skeptical of your own cynicism

3) How your gut instincts can lead you astray

Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep992 for clickable versions of the links below.

— ABOUT JAMIL —

Dr. Jamil Zaki is a professor of psychology at Stanford University and the Director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab. He trained at Columbia and Harvard, studying empathy and kindness in the human brain. He is interested in how we can learn to connect better.

• Book: Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness

• Lab Website: Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab

• Website: jamil-zaki.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster by Rebecca Solnit

• Book: Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber

• Cynicism Test: Cook-Medley Hostility Scale

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Jamil Zaki shows you that there’s much reason to hope–even for the most hardened cynics.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why hope equals success

2) Why to be skeptical of your own cynicism

3) How your gut instincts can lead you astray

Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep992 for clickable versions of the links below.

— ABOUT JAMIL —

Dr. Jamil Zaki is a professor of psychology at Stanford University and the Director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab. He trained at Columbia and Harvard, studying empathy and kindness in the human brain. He is interested in how we can learn to connect better.

• Book: Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness

• Lab Website: Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab

• Website: jamil-zaki.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster by Rebecca Solnit

• Book: Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber

• Cynicism Test: Cook-Medley Hostility Scale

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  continue reading

1099 episodes

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