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Nir Eyal - NYT Bestselling Author & Fmr Stanford Lecturer | The Science Behind Why You Can't Trust Your Own Thoughts

from Success Story with Scott D. Clary

➡️ Join 321,000 people who read my free weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.scottdclary.com ➡️ Like The Podcast? Leave A Rating: https://ratethispodcast.com/successstory Nir Eyal is a New York Times bestselling author, behavioral design expert, and former lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, whose books Hooked, Indistractable, and Beyond Belief have collectively sold over one million copies in more than 30 languages. Drawing on his background in the video gaming and advertising industries, he has devoted his career to exploring the intersection of psychology, technology, and human potential — helping companies build habit-forming products and individuals reclaim focus in an age of distraction. His latest book, Beyond Belief, digs into the neuroscience and psychology of how hidden assumptions shape what we see, how we feel, and what we do, and how replacing those beliefs can unlock greater agency and performance. ➡️ Show Links https://www.instagram.com/nireyal/ https://x.com/nireyal/  https://www.linkedin.com/in/nireyal/  ➡️ Podcast Sponsors Hubspot - https://hubspot.com/   Huel - https://huel.com/scott (Code: scott) Demand Decoded - https://www.blendb2b.com/demand-decoded  NetSuite - https://netsuite.com/scottclary/  Indeed - https://indeed.com/clary Blinkist - https://www.blinkist.com/clary  Framer - https://framer.com/design (Code: SuccessStory) LinkedIn Ads - https://linkedin.com/scottclary  Priori - https://priori.life/  Notion - https://notion.com/story  Mars Men - https://mengotomars.com/  Granola - https://www.granola.ai/success  Gusto - https://gusto.com/successstory  Upwork - https://upwork.com/ Rag & Bone - https://www.rag-bone.com/ (Code: success) ➡️ Talking Points 00:00 – Intro 01:28 – From No Prayer to Daily Practice 07:07 – The Belief Crisis That Changed Everything 14:56 – Building Belief in a Modern World 19:38 – Sponsor Break 22:12 – Pain vs. Suffering 28:16 – Rewiring Your Beliefs 32:26 – Spotting Your Limiting Beliefs 47:18 – Sponsor Break 48:41 – You Don’t Create Reality, You Shape Perception 52:06 – Identity, Labels, and Belief Systems 59:42 – Redefining Prayer and Belief 1:02:53 – How One Belief Unlocks Another 1:07:26 – Final Thoughts on Belief

➡️ Join 321,000 people who read my free weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.scottdclary.com ➡️ Like The Podcast? Leave A Rating: https://ratethispodcast.com/successstory Nir Eyal is a New York Times bestselling author, behavioral design expert, and former lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, whose books Hooked, Indistractable, and Beyond Belief have collectively sold over one million copies in more than 30 languages. Drawing on his background in the video gaming and advertising industries, he has devoted his career to exploring the intersection of psychology, technology, and human potential — helping companies build habit-forming products and individuals reclaim focus in an age of distraction. His latest book, Beyond Belief, digs into the neuroscience and psychology of how hidden assumptions shape what we see, how we feel, and what we do, and how replacing those beliefs can unlock greater agency and performance. ➡️ Show Links https://www.instagram.com/nireyal/ https://x.com/nireyal/  https://www.linkedin.com/in/nireyal/  ➡️ Podcast Sponsors Hubspot - https://hubspot.com/   Huel - https://huel.com/scott (Code: scott) Demand Decoded - https://www.blendb2b.com/demand-decoded  NetSuite - https://netsuite.com/scottclary/  Indeed - https://indeed.com/clary Blinkist - https://www.blinkist.com/clary  Framer - https://framer.com/design (Code: SuccessStory) LinkedIn Ads - https://linkedin.com/scottclary  Priori - https://priori.life/  Notion - https://notion.com/story  Mars Men - https://mengotomars.com/  Granola - https://www.granola.ai/success  Gusto - https://gusto.com/successstory  Upwork - https://upwork.com/ Rag & Bone - https://www.rag-bone.com/ (Code: success) ➡️ Talking Points 00:00 – Intro 01:28 – From No Prayer to Daily Practice 07:07 – The Belief Crisis That Changed Everything 14:56 – Building Belief in a Modern World 19:38 – Sponsor Break 22:12 – Pain vs. Suffering 28:16 – Rewiring Your Beliefs 32:26 – Spotting Your Limiting Beliefs 47:18 – Sponsor Break 48:41 – You Don’t Create Reality, You Shape Perception 52:06 – Identity, Labels, and Belief Systems 59:42 – Redefining Prayer and Belief 1:02:53 – How One Belief Unlocks Another 1:07:26 – Final Thoughts on Belief

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