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
Brad Johnson - Investing in Trading Cards
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- How did Brad originally get into the finance industry and how did he get into trading cards?
- What are some of the draws, or compulsions, that get people into card collecting?
- What…
Emilie Hill - “The Market is Uncertainty Distilled”
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- Is the market always crazy or does it go through long periods of predictability in many peoples’ lifetimes? Is uncertainty implicit in capital markets?
- There’s always going to be a…
Dr. Julie Ragatz - The Role of Empathy in Shaping Behavioral Economics
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- What might the lay person, who is enthusiastic about behavioral economics, not know about its historical origins?
- What was the larger zeitgeist that gave rise to an envy of physics…
Robert Balentine - The 3 Key Principles for Building Enduring Wealth and a Lasting Legacy
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- The old American adage of “shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations” seems to be an enduring sentiment across many other cultures. Why is it such a tricky thing to sustain …
Penny Phillips - Unlocking the Power of Practice Management for Financial Advisors: Boost Efficiency & Client Satisfaction
- As someone who works in practice management and as a trainer, how does Penny get advisors to embrace the power of practice management when there are plenty of advisors who are financially successfu…
Dr. Steve Wendel - Designing for Behavior Change: The Ultimate Guide to Influencing Positive Outcomes
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- Morningstar recently conducted an in-depth study on the financial biases that people bring to the table. What are the real world, fiscal impacts of these biases?
- In the study, were…
Ric Edelman (Live from Ascent)
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- Ric Edelman started off as a reporter - does Ric think that an advisor could start “Edelman 2.0", so to speak, using the same formula with education at the forefront?
- Why might it …
Phillip Toews (Live from Ascent)
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- Many are very focused on the behavioral coaching elements of behavioral finance, but overlook the upside of integrating the findings of behavioral finance into actual asset manageme…
Dr. Tom Howard - How Behavioral Portfolio Management Enhances Investor Performance and Decision-Making
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- What event prompted Dr. Howard to move from using a market efficiency / rational markets framework to a framework of behavioral finance?
- How can we discover market inefficiencies …
Gagan Biyani - Valuable Business Lessons from a Lifelong Entrepreneur: Insights for Success
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- What was the process of launching Dr. Biyani’s business Udemy like?
- As an entrepreneur, how do you know when you’re a visionary that may be early to an idea vs. when the market is …
Drs. Chase and Pogge (Live From Ascent)
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- What gap did Dr. Chase see in the market? How has investment talent been traditionally vetted and how does this compare to how it optimally should be?
- What specific personality ass…
Dr. Sarah Newcomb - Master Your Finances: The Power of Rewriting Your Money Story for Wealth Building
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- Why do conversations about finances often take on such a moralistic tenor?
- Is the moralizing of money a uniquely American problem or does this happen all over the world?
- How can w…
Eben Burr - Master the Art of Client Planning: Tips for Tailored Solutions and Long-Term Success
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- In a study that Eben helped conduct, clients were three times as likely to say they are very knowledgable about markets than their advisors were likely to say about them. Men had a …
Jordan Hutchison - Mastering Flow States in Finance: Boosting Focus and Decision-Making for Investors
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- What is “flow” in a behavioral science context?
- How do you begin to measure and study something like flow, which seems very ephemeral and hard to pin down?
- Is it possible to reach…
Charlotte Blank - The Science of Motivation Explained: Uncovering What Really Drives Us to Achieve
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- What does Charlotte’s day to day role as a Chief Behavioral Officer look like?
- Has the science of motivating employees shifted a great deal since The Great Depression or do other c…
The Power of Niching Down: Insights from Reese Harper of Elements
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- Reese Harper has an advisory business, Dentist Advisors, that is exclusively for dentists. How did he take the first step to say no to everything else and how did choosing such a sp…
Dr. Preston Cherry - Personalized Financial Planning: Tailoring Strategies for Different Personalities
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- How does Dr. Cherry implement “The Big 5” personality test in his practice? Does he approach clients with different personality traits in novel ways to better help them problem solv…
Jeff Kreisler - Dollars and Sense: How Behavioral Economics Influences Your Financial Choices
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- How did Jeff’s professional path evolve from lawyer, to standup comedian and finally to behavioral science / economics?
- What lessons could behavioral science stand to learn from th…
Richard Nisbett - Does Introspection Matter? The Benefits of Self-Reflection in Personal Growth
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- On a previous podcast, Richard Nisbett expressed that the most central message of psychology is that we have no access to most of what goes on in our heads. What studies are illustr…
Anthony Oneal - Building Your Network, Net Worth and Mindset: A Holistic Approach to Success
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- How did Anthony move from being homeless, and in a great deal of debt, to being one of the nation’s top educators on money matters and part of the Dave Ramsey franchise? What four s…