TSHP301: Explaining The Barnum Effect and why we’re so easy to manipulate

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What’s Coming This Episode?

Have you ever read your horoscope and thought, ‘Hey, that’s soooooo right!’ Well, er, yeah. So have we. There’s a good reason why, but don’t get too upset that you’ve been played. There are some upsides to ‘the Barnum Effect’ so let’s have a chat about how easy we are to manipulate…

Enjoy the show and take care, it’s The Self Help Podcast!

Show Notes and Links

• Sean has written a blog post to accompany this episode
• What is The Barnum Effect?
• Cognitive biases
• The Barnum effect is why this article knows exactly what kind of person you are curiosity

Resource of the Week

• Sean found howtogetyourownway.com
• Ed loved the movie ‘Green Book‘

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