The Huberman Lab Podcast discusses neuroscience: how our brain and its connections with the organs of our body control our perceptions, our behaviors, and our health. We also discuss existing and emerging tools for measuring and changing how our nervous system works. Dr. Andrew Huberman is a tenured Professor of Neurobiology and Ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine. His laboratory studies neural regeneration, neuroplasticity, and brain states such as stress, focus, fear, and optimal performance. For more than 20 years, Dr. Huberman has consistently published original research findings and review articles in top-level peer-reviewed journals, including Nature, Science, Cell, Neuron, and Current Biology. He is a regular member of several National Institutes of Health review panels and a Fellow of the McKnight Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts. Dr. Huberman regularly consults for technology development companies, professional athletic organizations, and various units of U.S. and Canadian Special Operations.
Essentials: Tools for Setting & Achieving Goals | Dr. Emily Balcetis
In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Dr. Emily Balcetis, PhD, a professor of psychology at New York University who studies how visual perception influences motivation and goal pursuit. She explains how to better visualize and overcome challenges to achieve physical or cognitive goals. We also explore the science of setting goals, measuring progress effectively and research showing how fitness level and energy state can shape how difficult the world appears.
Read the episode show notes at hubermanlab.com.
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Timestamps
(00:00:00) Emily Balcetis
(00:00:21) Adjusting Vision to Meet Goals, Exercise, Tool: Narrow Visual Target
(00:07:39) Sponsor: Eight Sleep
(00:08:57) Goal Setting, Do Vision Boards Work?
(00:12:34) Tool: Effectively Plan Goals, Plan for Obstacles
(00:17:58) Sponsor: AG1
(00:19:23) How Fitness Shapes the Way People See the World
(00:24:46) Visual Spotlight, Exercise & Physical Fitness Level
(00:25:45) Stimulants & Motivation
(00:27:06) Sponsor: BetterHelp
(00:28:20) Cognitive Goals, Tools: Overcoming Bad Memories; Deadlines
(00:35:31) Acknowledgements
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