Dr. Daniel Crosby - Let Purpose Come to You
This year on Standard Deviations, we are going to try something a little different. We will be running the episodes weekly now, there will be no guests, each episode will disappear a week after it publishes and we are really going to focus on meaning this season. In this episode, Dr. Daniel Crosby looks at how purpose often ensues, rather than being something we always have to pursue, and how sometimes it's best to let purpose come to you. Educated at Brigham Young and Emory Universities, Dr. Daniel Crosby is a psychologist and behavioral finance expert who helps organizations understand the intersection of mind and markets. Dr. Crosby's first book, Personal Benchmark: Integrating Behavioral Finance and Investment Management, was a New York Times bestseller. His second book, The Laws of Wealth, was named the best investment book of 2017 by the Axiom Business Book Awards and has been translated into Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese and German. His latest work, The Behavioral Investor, is an in-depth look at how sociology, psychology and neurology all impact investment decision-making. Daniel was named one of the “12 Thinkers to Watch” by Monster.com, a “Financial Blogger You Should Be Reading” by AARP and a member of InvestmentNews prestigious "40 Under 40". When he is not consulting around market psychology, Daniel enjoys independent films, fanatically following St. Louis Cardinals baseball, and spending time with his wife and three children.
Tune in to hear:
What is the “drown proofing” technique, often taught to Navy Seals, and what is a takeaway from it that can be applied in our daily lives?
What is Alan Watts' “backward law,” or “the law of reversed effect?”
What is the psychological phenomenon of pareidolia and what can it teach us about our collective search for meaning?
What are some philosophical examples of how meaning often ensues in our lives?
What can we learn from Vietnam’s “Great Hanoi Rat Massacre?”
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