ML200: Taking Action, Living Your Values & The Path to Human Progress
In this episode Nasos & Andrea discuss: closing the gap between knowing & doing, the challenge of living your values and the path to human progress.
Show Notes
- On MetaLearn’s six years and 200th episode [01:27]
- When did Nasos realise the importance of knowing the difference between knowing and doing? [03:15]
- What is the critical difference between knowing and doing? [05:15]
- How can different emotions and states of mind affect whether or not one takes action? [07:22]
- How does one sustainably do the things they need and want to do? What can drive a person to be unmotivated to do something? [10:32]
- Nasos and Andrea on experiencing the knowing-doing gap as children and looking back at their thought process in retrospect [12:56]
- Why does knowing one’s values help in deciding when action is needed? [17:11]
- What is the current status of the knowing-doing gap in society? What are the factors that contribute to the widening of this gap? [20:04]
- How do stories affect how people act and how they perceive themselves? [23:31]
- What questions can one ask themselves to reach more clarity in what they want to do in life? [26:08]
- Why are people inclined to talk about doing rather than doing the thing itself? How can awareness help interpret limiting beliefs? [29:36]
- How can confirmation bias affect decision-making? [31:10]
- How does Nasos deal with the fear of failure? What is an overlooked prerequisite to real behavioural change? [35:06]
- How does conflicting with oneself affect what one gets out of life? Why are worst-case scenarios worse in theory than in real life? [37:29]
- Why is trusting oneself crucial in making sustainable and practical decisions? [42:57]
- What are ways to help other people take action more and go beyond knowing? [45:58]
- Why are external affirmations and trust beneficial to people in any context? [49:09]
- Why is teaching the synthesis of knowing and doing? What makes a great teacher? [52:00]
- Does knowing where one is incapable of doing help one become a better teacher? [56:32]
- Among the three modes of learning, which one motivates the most doing? Does the mode of learning determine one’s desire to apply theory to practice? [59:53]
- How can the importance of practical application be incorporated into education more? [01:05:03]
- What is the main distinction between the sciences and the humanities? How does a good education approach both areas? [01:07:31]
- What advice does Nasos have for people to start doing more in their lives? [01:12:35]
- Closing remarks [01:14:00]