Psychology Expert: How Colours, Your First Name And Your Location Might Be Ruining Your Life!

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

July 3, 2023

Duration

1h 37m

Channel

The Diary of a CEO

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

In this new episode Steven sits down with bestselling author and Professor of Marketing, Adam Alter. 0:00 Intro 02:47 Who are you & what do you do? 03:22 Why did you write this book? 04:55 Common themes of feeling stuck 05:51 Is there a trend in who's getting stuck? 08:11 How do we prevent being stuck? 12:45 Your biggest learning about humans getting distracted 13:41 How people behave differently in the presence of others 15:24 Our names have a huge impact on our outcomes 19:57 How does our environment affect our outcomes? 24:11 How do I know I'm stuck? 25:39 What's the difference between being stuck and quitting? 29:34 More failures correlate with more success 31:37 Why curiosity is a superpower 36:36 How do we make people more curious? 45:55 Experimenters vs satisfiers 50:23 When you hit a life crisis 55:56 The power of symbols 58:56 The importance of acceptance 01:08:36 The best way to get unstuck 01:16:33 Career hot streaks 01:20:17 How do we come up with our best ideas? 01:24:30 What challenges are companies usually stuck with? 01:26:14 Why you need to reframe difficulty 01:28:25 The power of nostalgia 01:32:17 The last guest's question You can purchase Adam’s newest book, ‘Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to get unstuck and unlock your potential’, here: https://amzn.to/3QzyWXx Follow Adam: Twitter: https://bit.ly/44i0BSs My new book! 'The 33 Laws Of Business & Life' per order link: https://smarturl.it/DOACbook Join this channel to get access to perks: https://bit.ly/3Dpmgx5 Follow me: Instagram: http://bit.ly/3nIkGAZ Twitter: http://bit.ly/3ztHuHm Linkedin: https://bit.ly/41Fl95Q Telegram: http://bit.ly/3nJYxST Sponsors: Huel: https://g2ul0.app.link/G4RjcdKNKsb

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Adam Alter

  guest

• Steven Bartlett

  host

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Diary of a CEO, featuring Adam Alter and Steven Bartlett, Psychology Expert: How Colours, Your First Name And Your Location Might Be Ruining Your Life! explores stuck In Life? Psychology Reveals Friction, Seasons, And Breakthroughs Psychologist and marketing professor Adam Alter explains why so many people feel stuck in careers, relationships, and life, and lays out a science-backed roadmap for getting unstuck. He argues our modern career model and narrowing specialisation fuel stagnation, loneliness, and a failure to experiment. Alter distinguishes between productive struggle and true stuckness, showing how hardship often signals you’re near a breakthrough rather than needing to quit. The conversation also explores how names, colors, environments, symbols, and even age-related “non‑ending crises” subtly shape our opportunities, decisions, and sense of meaning.

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