Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby

Tune in to hear: * What are Victor Frankl’s 3 paths to a meaningful existence? For Frankl, which of these is the first and most path to meaning? * How does the French Existentialist, Jean Paul Sartre, further validate Frankl’s emphasis on having meaningful work, or a project? * Why did Schuller and Seligmann believe that pleasure, meaning and engagement are 3 unique predictors of subjective wellbeing? * Why is finding purpose and fulfillment in your dayjob so important? * What are “global” and “domain-specific” types of meaning? * According to Psychological research, what does meaningful work usually look like? 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: 2293-U-25234

Tune in to hear: * What is “manufactured desire” and what sinister role does it often play in contemporary life? * Why is our tendency to let others’ influence our decisions a dramatic outlier from much of the Animal Kingdom? * What is French Theorist René Girard’s Mimetic Theory and why can understanding it help inform the ways in which we make important decisions? * Luke Burgis, one of Girard’s disciples, categorizes desires as either thin or thick. What distinguishes the two types of desire and why is this delineation so important? * What are a series of questions you can ask yourself to parse whether the desire in question is thin or thick? 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: 2295-U-25234

Tune in to hear: * What transpired in the apocryphal conversation between JFK and a NASA janitor and what can we learn from this? * Why is finding meaning in the mundane such an important part of living a fulfilled life? * Why is chasing intrinsic fulfillment often much more fruitful than chasing monetary gain or career advancement? * What psychological benefits accrue as a result of seeing your job as a calling rather than a simple means to and end? * What is Dr. Amy Wrzesniewski’s idea of “job crafting?” * What is “minimization,” as a psychological principle, and why is it so detrimental? 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: 2089-U-25216

Tune in to hear: * How does Guy de Maupassant’s short story, The Necklace, illustrate the importance of gratitude and how a lack of it can lead to personal misfortune? * What does contemporary Psychology research show about the transformative power of gratitude in our lives? * What are some examples of reciprocal altruism in the Animal Kingdom, aside from humans? * Why is gratitude sometimes called the mother of all virtues? 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: 2043-U-25211

Tune in to hear: * What novel approach did Hungarian Mathematician Abraham Wald utilize to better understand which parts of American planes needed improved armor during WWII? * What is “survivorship bias” and how did Abraham Wald avoid this? * Why does professor Scott Galloway suggest that we should follow our talent, or gift, rather than our passion? * What are the key differences between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset and what do life’s outcomes for each mindset look like, on average? * Why is effort more predictive of success in romantic relationships than passion? * Why do we tend to lose intrinsic motivation, or passion, for tasks for which there is an extrinsic reward like a paycheck? 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: 1954-U-25202