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How To Move Into The Future With Optimism Instead Of Anxiety | Frederik Pferdt
21 Oct 2024
New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- A Stanford innovation expert shares practical tips on future-proofing your mind. Frederik Pferdt was Google's first Chief Innovation Evangelist, where founded Google's Innovation Lab. He's also taught classes on innovation and creativity at Stanford University for more than a decade. His new book is called What's Next Is Now: How to Live Future Ready. In this episode we talk about: Why we are so resistant to change How to embrace the unknown Why and how to develop compulsive curiosity The value of experiments and why we shouldn't fear failure What it means to have expansive empathy, and why that can help you develop a future-ready mindset And how to identify what he calls your Dimension X—your own unique capacities Related Episodes: Dua Lipa On: Radical Optimism, Falling On Stage, And "Writing Yourself Into A Good Idea" #516. Robin Roberts on the Skill of Optimism #274 The Case for Optimism | Dr. Jonathan Salk Sign up for Dan's newsletter here Follow Dan on social: Instagram, TikTok Ten Percent Happier online bookstore Subscribe to our YouTube Channel Our favorite playlists on: Anxiety, Sleep, Relationships, Most Popular Episodes More from Frederik Pferdt: Book: What's Next Is Now: How to Live Future Ready NextLetter (newsletter signup): https://www.frederikgpferdt.com/#nextletter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frederikgpferdt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fgpferdt/?locale=en_US Full Shownotes: https://happierapp.com/podcast/tph/frederik-pferdt-851 Additional Resources: Download the Happier app today: https://my.happierapp.com/link/download
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