Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby
The Standard Deviations podcast is a weekly production that looks at money, mind and meaning, all through a psychological lens. Each week, psychologist and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Daniel Crosby interviews a fascinating new guest, experts in everything from finance to literature to wellness. Each guest provides listeners with three concrete ways to apply what was learned that week, ensuring that weekly listening becomes part of a path to a richer life. Episodes are brief, research-based, and designed to fit perfectly within your commute time. So, tune in for practical news that will help you make more, think more and be more.
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Standard Deviations is presented by Orion.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 318
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Dr. Daniel Crosby - Relationships Are a Pathway to Purpose
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- Why did François Clemmons not initially want to take on the role of police officer on Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood?
- How does psychological research bear out the fact that relationships are…
00:13:08 |
Thu 04 Sep 2025
Dr. Daniel Crosby - Create a Work
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- What are Victor Frankl’s 3 paths to a meaningful existence? For Frankl, which of these is the first and most path to meaning?
- How does the French Existentialist, Jean Paul Sartre, furt…
00:13:14 |
Thu 28 Aug 2025
Dr. Daniel Crosby - Wanting Well
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- What is “manufactured desire” and what sinister role does it often play in contemporary life?
- Why is our tendency to let others’ influence our decisions a dramatic outlier from much of…
00:11:19 |
Fri 22 Aug 2025
Dr. Daniel Crosby - Finding Meaning in the Mundane
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- What transpired in the apocryphal conversation between JFK and a NASA janitor and what can we learn from this?
- Why is finding meaning in the mundane such an important part of living a …
00:09:20 |
Thu 07 Aug 2025
Dr. Daniel Crosby - Gratitude: Giving Thanks for the Meaning You Already Enjoy
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- How does Guy de Maupassant’s short story, The Necklace, illustrate the importance of gratitude and how a lack of it can lead to personal misfortune?
- What does contemporary Psychology r…
00:10:53 |
Thu 31 Jul 2025
Dr. Daniel Crosby - Follow Your Gift
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- What novel approach did Hungarian Mathematician Abraham Wald utilize to better understand which parts of American planes needed improved armor during WWII?
- What is “survivorship bias” …
00:14:24 |
Thu 24 Jul 2025
Dr. Daniel Crosby - Your Curiosity Points to Your Purpose
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- What can we learn from Leonardo da Vinci about harnessing curiosity to fill our lives with purpose?
- Why does science writer Sharon Begley think that curiosity is the mental counterpart…
00:15:16 |
Thu 17 Jul 2025
Dr. Daniel Crosby - Your Story Needs a Villain
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- What are anti-goals and why are they often just as, if not more, powerful than goals?
- What does the prospect theory of behavioral economics have to say about the uniquely motivating po…
00:09:49 |
Thu 03 Jul 2025
Dr. Daniel Crosby - Rolling With Resistance
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- What did author Steven Pressfield have to say about resistance?
- What are “circular techniques” in Martial Arts and what can they teach us about the power of rolling with resistance?
- Wha…
00:11:47 |
Thu 26 Jun 2025
Dr. Daniel Crosby - The Case for Calm: Being Still in a Turning World
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- What is Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If –” about and what can it teach us about remaining poised in the face of chaos?
- What are some qualities of the investors who fare best in turbulent ma…
00:07:02 |
Wed 09 Apr 2025
Joe Duran - Humanizing Wealth Management: How Personalization is Shaping the Future of Financial Services
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- What insight did Joe have that prompted him to start applying Behavioral Finance in practical ways while much of the industry was focused elsewhere?
- Why are so many firms relying on th…
00:49:48 |
Thu 12 Dec 2024
Breanna Blaney (Live at Future Proof)
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- What does Dimensional see about the future of the industry that encouraged them to launch something like ‘Life Invested.’
- Why does a “human first” investment model have the power to en…
00:26:10 |
Thu 05 Dec 2024
Dr. Christina Lynn - Master Motivational Interviewing: A Game-Changer for Financial Advisors and Client Relationships
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- Examples of when emotional connection can play a decisive role in sales.
- How, practically, can advisors shift their focus a bit from the technical to fostering deep, emotional connecti…
00:38:23 |
Thu 14 Nov 2024
Adam Tolliver - Understanding the Racial Wealth Gap
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- Get a better sense of the size and scope of the racial wealth gap problem in the US.
- Should financial advisors play a role in addressing these inequalities? Also, do historical factors…
00:43:29 |
Thu 07 Nov 2024
Dr. Daniel Crosby - Emotions and Money: If You Can’t Beat It, Join It
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- What elements do “tulip mania,” the roaring twenties and the .com bubble share and what should be our biggest takeaway from these historic market events?
- What is the "affect heuristic"…
00:14:04 |
Thu 17 Oct 2024
Michael Finke - The Role of Behavioral Science in Shaping Your Retirement Future
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- From Michael’s vantage point, what did he observe during this recent market downturn?
- How can those nearing retirement overcome the tendency to have knee jerk responses to major negati…
00:32:01 |
Thu 10 Oct 2024
Greg Davies - Advancing Behavioral Finance: Exploring the Path Ahead
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- Relative to all the other behavioral experts out there, what stands out about Greg and his work? How did he arrive at this unique point of emphasis?
- How has Behavioral Finance come ful…
00:42:12 |
Thu 03 Oct 2024
Megan Gorman - All the Presidents’ Money
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- What was Megan’s favorite finding in the deep research she did for this book?
- Learn about Truman’s financial anxiety and how this impacted him.
- Why is it harder to pivot and recover fro…
00:52:05 |
Thu 19 Sep 2024
Cady North - The Art of Sabbatical: Why Taking a Break Could Be the Best Career Move You Make
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- Did Cady’s recent book, The Art of the Sabbatical, come from a place that was very personal and meaningful to Cady? If so, what was it that made this project so personal for her?
- In Ca…
00:36:10 |
Thu 12 Sep 2024
Emily Blue - How Humanizing the M&A Process Leads to Better Outcomes for Employees and Stakeholders
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- What is the disconnect between selling an advisory business, as it is popularly conceived, and as it usually goes down in the real world? What should people know about the process tha…
00:44:47 |
Thu 05 Sep 2024
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