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Welcome to The Hacked Gym podcast. I'm your host, Matt Skinner. Here we dive weekly into a Behavioral Psychology and/or Behavioral Economic theory, where we will "hack" its application in the worlds of finance, politics, and economics and learn how to apply these principles toward achieving our health & fitness objectives
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This week I share some of the teachings, theories, and recommendations I have created over the years to drive my own personal success in business, fitness, and life. I do mention "episode 12" in the podcast. I mean, this is the twelfth original episode and is the concluding episode of season 1. Please share your thoughts & feedback. Reach me at mat…
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Hello everyone This week I am sharing a conversation I had with Ben Eastwood at the start of 2022 on his program, The Mindset Tuneup Ben is an expert on Mindset and Attitude and we discuss many ideas and practices that have helped us to find success in our chosen fields and hopefully, will help you improve your mindset as needed and reach new level…
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This episode title is a well known quote from Thomas Edison. I've always valued those words as I inevitably will find a few dozen ways that "won't work" before I find what will work for most any project I try to tackle. "Have I Failed?" We all have to ask ourselves that question at many points in our lives. Sometimes it's constructive, sometimes it…
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Hello everyone. - It's the Memorial Day holiday here in the U.S., so I'm giving myself a break this week and we are going to revisit my personal favorite episode so far of season one. I hope you enjoy it. We've all seen enough crime shows on television to know how a "post-mortem" autopsy works. In this episode, we will talk about conducting a Proje…
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Today we are discussing the teachings of Ethan Kross and his book Chatter. What is the difference between negative self-talk & chatter? Why does the difference matter? How do we manage & eliminate chatter in our lives? Should we even try? Raphael Nadal Rituals Video & Breakdown https://youtu.be/wYbCNfC0iuM https://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/06/rafael-na…
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Humans are terrible at estimating the value of future events & experiences. When a payoff is in the future, we especially undervalue that payoff. Most of us will take a lesser payout today versus a higher payout in the future (think, instant gratification) Behavioral Economists have developed a way to model and explain this behavior, called Hyperbo…
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Why are we so bad at forecasting our futures? What does it take to start over? Do people really change? We are covering two mini-episodes this week. In the first segment, we will explore the concept of Affective Forecasting, mood prediction, and emotional influence on future perceptions. Based on the work of Daniel Gilbert & Timothy Wilson In the s…
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Sometimes we are devils to ourselves. When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, Presuming on their changeful potency. - Shakespeare, Troilus & Cressida This week I'm presenting two, mini-episodes. Temptation Management & Procrastination vs. Optimization Stick around till the end for a word from our new closed-captioning sponsor Influenced by th…
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*I mention "episode 5" in the podcast a time or two, I meant episode 6 Why do we choke under pressure? Not just in athletic pursuits, but at work and at home too. Politicians, athletes, doctors, lawyers, no one is immune to experiencing a choking episode when the pressure is on. Today we will talk about the phenomenon of choking; what causes it, wh…
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Malcolm Gladwell has popularized the idea of "The 10,000 Hour Rule" as the path to excellence, but where did he come up with that concept from? From Anders Ericsson, that's where. Today we will talk about Ericsson's pioneering work in the field of "Human Excellence" and his teachings on Deliberate Practice. For more, read Ericsson's book, "Peak; Se…
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Grit. What is it? How do we develop it? Teach it? How do we "Respond Resiliently" to setbacks? Those with high levels of grittiness display specific character traits & exhibit consistent actions. They Do What They Can, Until They Can Do What They Want We will cover all of the above and more in today's shortened episode Based on the research and tea…
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We've all seen enough crime shows on television to know how a "post-mortem" autopsy works. In this episode, we will talk about conducting a Project Pre-Mortem as a tool for preventing project death and as an effective method to aid us in designing successful health & fitness objectives. Support our sponsor please. Check out Renpho Health Products @…
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Choices are not always good, often, choices actually reduce our chances of success. To increase our odds of success we can use Commitment Patterns to maintain focus, stay on track and reduce the choices we face daily which may derail and distract us. Based on the teachings of Richard Thaler, Amos Tversky, and Daniel Kahneman Support our sponsor ple…
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If at first, you don't succeed, that is the time to pause and ensure you have truly mapped out a route to success. In this episode, we talk about Social Norms theory and its impact on behavior as well as The 7 Step Framework for mapping out goal achievement. Based on the work of Owain Service, Rory Gallagher, and the U.K.'s Behavioral Insights Team…
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