Dr. Daniel Crosby - Your Curiosity Points to Your Purpose
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 why curiosity, and humans’ thirst for knowledge, is hardwired into our genetic makeup and the critical role it plays in making meaning in our lives. 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 can we learn from Leonardo da Vinci about harnessing curiosity to fill our lives with purpose?
Why does science writer Sharon Begley think that curiosity is the mental counterpart to physical hunger?
What is an example of how curiosity is hardwired into our genetic makeup?
What can “convergent” and “divergent” ways of thinking tell us about why creativity must be actively cultivated to avoid squelching it?
What did author Susan Engle discover about how curiosity steadily diminishes throughout grade school if it’s not actively attended to?
How is curiosity correlated to longevity, if at all?
What are some actionable ways we can cultivate creativity in our daily lives?
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