Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby

Dr. Daniel Crosby - Write Your Story

Tune in to hear: * What does Swiss-born British author Alain de Botton have to say about Macbeth’s cynical soliloquy on the brevity and meaningless of life? Why does he state that despair and hope are two sides of the same coin? * How does storytelling make a truth durable in our minds by linking an idea to an ego? * Why is our internal dialogue one of the most important stories that we tell? How can we go about making it a more productive dialogue and less self-depricating? * How can Albert Ellis’ “ABC Model” help us counteract irrational thoughts and cognitive distortions? * What is an exercise you can work through to help correct detrimental self-speak? * What is The Significant Objects Project and what can it teach us about the importance of narrative as it relates to valuation? Links * The Soul of Wealth [https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Wealth-reflections-money-meaning/dp/1804090441] * Orion’s Market Volatility Portal [https://orion.com/market-volatility] Connect with Us * Meet Dr. Daniel Crosby [https://orion.com/thought-leader/daniel-crosby] * Check Out All of Orion’s Podcasts [https://orion.com/resources-search?resource_type=podcasts] * Power Your Growth with Orion [https://orion.com/] Compliance Code: 3328-U-25338

Dr. Daniel Crosby - Ritual and Meaning

Tune in to hear: * What does the Japanese Tea Ceremony, Chanoyu, symbolize beyond the ritualized preparation of tea? * Why are rituals so important and how can we incorporate ritual into our modern lives? * What did Polish Anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski discover about the importance of fisherman's rituals in Papua New Guinea? * How can rituals ease neural tension after a difficult day and give us a sense of control during chaotic times in our lives? * Why is active participation in a ritual a prerequisite of reaping their potential benefits? * How do we, practically, go about ritualizing our own life purpose? Links * The Soul of Wealth [https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Wealth-reflections-money-meaning/dp/1804090441] * Orion’s Market Volatility Portal [https://orion.com/market-volatility] Connect with Us * Meet Dr. Daniel Crosby [https://orion.com/thought-leader/daniel-crosby] * Check Out All of Orion’s Podcasts [https://orion.com/resources-search?resource_type=podcasts] * Power Your Growth with Orion [https://orion.com/] Compliance Code: 3291-U-25335

Dr. Daniel Crosby - Fighting for What’s Right is a Source of Meaning

Tune in to hear: * How did Florence Nightingale transform the healthcare landscape in her time? * How did Rachel Carson and her book, Silent Spring, call for a greater awareness of environmental degredation and a heightened awareness of the fragility of our planet? * Why did Norman Borlaug win The Nobel Prize, The Presidential Medal of Freedom and The Congressional Gold Medal? Where can his legacy be seen in the present day? * Why does participating in activism lead to a greater sense of wellbeing? * Why are greater levels of activism also correlated to greater physical health? Links * The Soul of Wealth [https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Wealth-reflections-money-meaning/dp/1804090441] * Orion’s Market Volatility Portal [https://orion.com/market-volatility] Connect with Us * Meet Dr. Daniel Crosby [https://orion.com/thought-leader/daniel-crosby] * Check Out All of Orion’s Podcasts [https://orion.com/resources-search?resource_type=podcasts] * Power Your Growth with Orion [https://orion.com/] Compliance Code: 3005-U-25304

Dr. Daniel Crosby - On Having and Being

Tune in to hear: * How can southern author Flannery O’Conner’s emphasis on the importance of truth be seen in both her writing and the way she lived her life? * What did German-American psychoanalyst Erich Fromm have to say about the difference between the “having” and the “being” modes of existence? Also, what can Tennyson’s and Basho’s poems on flowers teach us about each mode of existence? * How does contemporary advertising encourage us to confuse having and being? * Why does a focus on having often come at the expense of being? Links * The Soul of Wealth [https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Wealth-reflections-money-meaning/dp/1804090441] * Orion’s Market Volatility Portal [https://orion.com/market-volatility] Connect with Us * Meet Dr. Daniel Crosby [https://orion.com/thought-leader/daniel-crosby] * Check Out All of Orion’s Podcasts [https://orion.com/resources-search?resource_type=podcasts] * Power Your Growth with Orion [https://orion.com/] Compliance Code: 2978-U-25303

Dr. Daniel Crosby - The Beauty of Imperfection

Tune in to hear: * How was the Japanese art of ceramic repair, kintsugi, born out of Ashikaga Yoshimasa’s happy accident with a piece of Chinese ceramics? * What lessons can we take from the art of kintsugi, or more broadly Wabi-sabi, regarding resilience, rebirth and the acceptance of imperfection? * What has scientific research uncovered about the value of learning from past mistakes? * Why does nearly winning provide more motivation than winning or losing by a big margin? * What do scientific studies have to say about the optimal rate of failure for personal growth? Why might this hold true for both LLMs and humans alike? Links * The Soul of Wealth [https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Wealth-reflections-money-meaning/dp/1804090441] * Orion’s Market Volatility Portal [https://orion.com/market-volatility] Connect with Us * Meet Dr. Daniel Crosby [https://orion.com/thought-leader/daniel-crosby] * Check Out All of Orion’s Podcasts [https://orion.com/resources-search?resource_type=podcasts] * Power Your Growth with Orion [https://orion.com/] Compliance Code: 2973-U-25302