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CM 263: Adam Alter on Simple Ways to Get Unstuck – Rebroadcast

2024/4/8
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Adam Alter: 本书探讨了人们在生活中遇到的困境，以及如何克服这些困境。作者认为，困境是普遍存在的，但大多数困境都是可以通过努力克服的。克服困境的关键在于采取行动，而其他策略，例如理解困境的本质、管理情绪、制定策略等，都是为了更好地采取行动。作者还强调了坚持的重要性，指出突破往往发生在坚持不懈之后。此外，作者还提出了许多具体的策略，例如进行摩擦审计、利用内在的群体智慧、培养实验性思维等。 Gayle Allen: 访谈围绕着人们在生活中遇到的困境展开，探讨了困境的普遍性、困境带来的负面情绪以及克服困境的策略。访谈中，主持人与嘉宾就如何识别和应对困境，如何平衡探索和利用，以及如何培养实验性思维等方面进行了深入的探讨。访谈还涉及到一些具体的案例，例如运动员在比赛中的心理调整、企业在解决客户问题中的策略等，这些案例都为克服困境提供了有益的启示。

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This chapter explores the common experience of feeling stuck in life, whether in a job, relationship, or other area. It highlights the universality of this feeling and the emotional toll it takes on individuals, leading to feelings of loneliness and isolation. The chapter sets the stage for exploring solutions to overcome this pervasive issue.
  • Feeling stuck is a universal experience.
  • It leads to loneliness and isolation.
  • People spend significant time and money trying to get unstuck.

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At some point, we all get stuck. Maybe it’s in a job or career. Maybe it’s a relationship or business venture.

Though it’s something we all experience, when it happens, we can feel alone and out of our depth. Emotions may overwhelm us. Mental traps lure is in. In no time at all, we can’t see a way out.

Award-winning professor, researcher, and author, Adam Alter, has spent decades studying how successful people get unstuck. In his latest book, Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most, he shares what we can do to move forward. Adam’s recommendations can help us with what might be the most important times in our lives.

Episode Links

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How the ‘Creative-Cliff Illusion’ Limits Our Ideas by David Robson

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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