John Roggan

Used to worry, argue, procrastinate...
Inspirational quotes on Twitter didn't help.
Got Harvard psychologists to build an app that does:

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If all it took to grow as a person was good advice, I would be Mr. Perfect by now

Just take a look around on Twitter - finding advice is the easy part
The tough part is turning it into action!
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Emotions control our lives

They decide if we
…exercise or stay on the couch
…keep cool or raise our voice
…dare new things or shy away

But emotions only control our lives if we let them
In the end, we’re not at their mercy

We can learn to notice when emotions bubble up, challenge them, and stay in control of ourselves
We can train our emotional intelligence

Boosting my EQ enabled me to get the relationships, fitness/health, and career I want

Want to also be the boss of your own mind?
Try Ahead, the #1 app for emotional intelligence!

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To me it's cutting in lines
If you're interrupting or commenting on everything, you just think everyone should hear what you have to say, but if you cut lines, you actually think your time is worth more than others

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What’s the worst?

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Emotions control our lives

They decide if we
…exercise or stay on the couch
…keep cool or raise our voice
…dare new things or shy away

But emotions only control our lives if we let them
In the end, we’re not at their mercy

We can learn to notice when emotions bubble up, challenge them, and stay in control of ourselves
We can train our emotional intelligence

Boosting my EQ enabled me to get the relationships, fitness/health, and career I want

Want to also be the boss of your own mind?
Try Ahead, the #1 app for emotional intelligence!

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Buying sweets = binge eating

Ordering 1 drink = drinking 4

Thinking about consequences makes us think twice!

Try it yourself next time your finger hovers over that Insta app, reaches for those sweets or drink

Please help me spread this trick by sharing it

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I wish I had known this trick to control my urges years ago…

We open Instagram thinking we’ll just check one notification - then stay for 45 min

We buy a bag of sweets thinking we’ll have one after dinner - then eat all in one sitting

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We order a drink thinking it will be our only one - then have 4

Our brains are easily manipulated - by infinite social media feeds, sugar, alcohol, etc.

The antidote:

We need to recall the true cost of something before getting into it

Opening social media = wasting 45 min

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What’s the worst?

1. Humble-bragging

2. One-upping

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The antidote:

Help your brain resist notifications

Turn them off

Or at least tell yourself “I don't need to read and respond to every message immediately”

Or check in on new messages only at certain times per day

Don’t let them win!

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The number one productivity killer?

Notifications

A little red dot indicating new mail?

A pling indicating a new text?

A vibration indicating a new like?

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We’re already on it!

We interrupt our flow and spend minutes on checking notification

Software companies want us to do that

They purposely exploit our brains’ tendency to jump at everything that moves

They ruin our attention spans and cause billions of productivity losses

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@EQ_Fanatic Yes, our brains try to make sense of our sensations
If our bodies feel irritated, they falsely assume we are irritated
Hangriness is a very common example of brains just lazily assuming "Feels like anger again, must be anger!"

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Which camp are you in?

1. My emotions are messages from my inner self

2. My emotions are irrational ideas my brain comes up with

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@EQ_Fanatic Yes, very true!

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Can you solve this riddle?

A father and his son had a car accident

The father was killed and his body taken to the nearby morgue

The son was seriously injured and brought to the nearby hospital

In the hospital, the head surgeon was called into the emergency room

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We constantly assume, e.g. that the surgeon is male - maybe because we saw more male than female surgeons on TV

But we can identify our biases and counter them!

This Wikipedia list is a great start: https://t.co/7AdH5etFEm

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Upon seeing the patient, the surgeon exclaimed: “Oh my God, that’s my son!"

How’s that possible?

The surgeon is the son’s mother

We all have mental biases

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@EQ_Fanatic Me too

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Do you sometimes twist…

1. The facts in your favor?

2. Their words in your favor?

3. Both?

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@apexlearn_org Interesting! Thanks!

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What do you usually opt for?

1. Difficult conversations to achieve change

2. Avoiding confrontation and keep harmony