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Dr. Daniel Amen Returns: Brain Scans!

Guest: Dr. Daniel Amen • 2024-03-18 • 3.8M views

Psychiatrist, brain imaging expert

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📝 Episode Summary

Psychiatrist with 200,000+ brain scans on brain health.

🎯 Top Takeaways

  1. Your thoughts aren't facts—they're mental events you can observe without believing
  2. Fixed mindset sees ability as fixed; growth mindset sees it as developable
  3. Reframing: the meaning you assign to events determines their impact on you
  4. Comparison is the thief of joy: run your own race at your own pace
  5. Progress, not perfection: small improvements compound into massive change

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