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Podcast: The Mindtools L&D Podcast
Episode: Book Club: The Expectation Effect
Description: Our brain is a 'prediction machine' that responds to and interprets reality based on what we expect. This is the claim of science writer David Robson and, this week on The Mind Tools Podcast, Ross G, Owen and Nahdia plan to exceed your expectations by discussing it in our book club. We discuss: examples of the 'expectation effect' in action the strengths and weaknesses of Robson's argument how we can experiment, personally, with managing our expectations. During the discussion, Ross referenced the Freakonomics episode 'I Don't Know What You've Done With My Husband But He's...