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#59: Overcoming Our Addiction to Being Right

October 08, 2023 • Becca Silver

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With our hyper focus on standards, curriculum and assessments, there is a resulting disconnection of relationships that happens in schools. In this episode, Becca Silver explores how to combat that by highlighting our addiction to being right (trust me, it relates) and how it impacts our relationships and connections.

1️⃣ The Addiction to Being Right: Discover why our brains are naturally wired to judge and seek the comfort of being right. Becca discusses the roots of this addiction and its impact on our daily interactions.

2️⃣ Neurological Rewards: Uncover the brain's response to being right – the release of reward chemicals like adrenaline and dopamine. Learn how this can lead to the perception of others as wrong and the resulting disconnect.

3️⃣ Choose Connection: Becca challenges us to shift our mindset from being right to fostering genuine connections with others. Examine the power of compassion and the positive impact it can have on building meaningful relationships.

Join Becca as she encourages us to reflect on our own tendencies and provides strategies to help us shift our mindset from a need to be right to a commitment to genuine connection. This is something all human beings deal with.

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