Why Knowing Better Doesn't Help Part 1

About this episode

The episode explores how emotions influence behavior and motivation, challenging the idea that knowledge alone can drive change.

Send us Fan Mail What if your body decides what matters before your mind catches up? We dig into Tomkins’ bold claim that feelings aren’t background noise—they’re amplifiers that turn quiet bodily signals into action, shaping motivation, habit change, and what we call “common sense.” If knowledge hasn’t been enough to change your behavior, this conversation explains why. We trace the logic from drives that only motivate in the moment to anticipatory affect, the present-tense feeling that let...

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Host: Scott Conkright

Topics covered

• emotions
• behavior change
• motivation
• habit formation
• common sense

Keywords

• emotions
• behavior
• motivation
• habit change
• common sense

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