This is a YouTube video titled "Breaking Free From Your Brain's Biggest Deceptions!" containing a dialogue between two speakers, including one named Dave, discussing the concept of self-deception, its patterns, and its impact on life, with examples from extreme sports. The content is reflective and educational in nature, focusing on psychological insights.
Why is my brain a filthy liar?
Every single one of us has a pattern of self deception that keeps us stuck in repetitive cycles. Can you think of a couple repetitive cycles that you've experienced throughout your life, Dave?
Oh, very, very many. It's funny, one of the quotes you just reminded me of that I said in some conference, was that my powers of self deception are legion. And the lies we tell ourselves invisibly are insane.
They are. And they can be both positive and negatively scared. So perhaps we want to take a little dive into what self deception is and then how to determine what's positive or negative and how that can impact the trajectory of our life. So with positive self deception, these are things that, in my opinion, many pro athletes or extreme athletes may experience where you or I may look at a cliff and we say, you know, that's not a risk I want to take today. And an extreme athlete may look at that and think, send it. I got this. Do they have the skills? Having been an athlete myself in the pro skiing world, I can attest many of them are not training in the gym. So is that positive self deception, that they can look at it and say, I got that. Send it. Yes.
