About this episode

Owen Fitzpatrick discusses how inner propaganda influences beliefs and behaviors and offers strategies to overcome it.

Owen Fitzpatrick talks about how your inner propaganda shapes your beliefs, decisions, and behavior–and how you can stop it from sabotaging your success. — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) Why to be wary of the “temptations of certainty” 2) The three reasons people form/change their beliefs  3) The four steps to rewiring your beliefs  Subscribe or visit   AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1174  for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT OWEN —  Owen Fitzpatrick is a social psychologist. Owen has traveled to more than 100 countries and studied propaganda firsthand in places such as North Korea, Rwanda, and Afghanistan. Also an award-winning filmmaker and former television presenter, he brings the craft of storytelling to his work. He has worked with leaders at Google, LinkedIn, Pfizer, and Coca-Cola, studied at Harvard Business School and MIT, and is the author of nine books translated into 20+ languages. His TEDx talk “Mind Control” has reached more than 1.4 million viewers. Originally from Dublin, Ireland, he now lives in New York City. • Book:  Inner Propaganda: Leading Hearts and Minds Through Turbulent Times • Book site: InnerPropaganda.com •…

People in this episode

Host: How to be Awesome at Your Job

Guest: Owen Fitzpatrick

Topics covered

• beliefs
• propaganda
• decision making
• self-improvement
• psychology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google, LinkedIn, Pfizer, Coca-Cola

Books & works: Inner Propaganda: Leading Hearts and Minds Through Turbulent Times, Mind Control, The rise and fall of rationality in language, On the conversational persuasiveness of GPT-4

Places: Dublin, Ireland, New York City

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