Ep. 136 - A Samurai, a Pickpocket and The Future walk into a bar with Osama Qurashi

In episode 136, Chris Hadnagy and Maxie Reynolds are joined by doctor, researcher and microblogger: Osama (Sam) Qurashi. Sam was in the medical field for 15 years until he decided to travel the world and learn about unorthodox forms of psychology from experts in widely varied fields. Find out what Sam learned from these “masters of the mind” and understand how you can apply these lessons in your daily life.      00:32 – Introduction to Dr. Osama (Sam) Qurashi 02:20 – Upcoming events and book release  Human Hacking Book  Human Hacking Conference  2021 Virtual Trainings  The Innocent Lives Foundation  04:09 – How Sam went from psychiatric resident to academic globetrotter in search of “masters of the mind”  09:30 – What Sam learned from The Joke Doctor  11:30 – What Sam learned from The Tea Master  16:00 – Mistakes - The two schools of thought  18:09 – How monkeys and coconuts can help us understand acceptance  20:00 – Linguistic psychology and how emotions are conveyed in Japanese  23:32 – How you can form habits by staying small  25:57 – What The Iceman and The Horse Whisperer can teach us about resistance and force  29:11 – Sam's plan for sharing the knowledge he has acquired  31:59 – What Sam learned from The Pickpocket  36:59 – Why many people fail when trying something new  38:11 – In order to learn something new, you must be able to accept temporary incompetence  39:17 – Avoiding failure is the same as avoiding success  41:39 – How you can improve your self-image by changing your peers   44:19 – What Sam learned from the samurai  46:08 – Sam's book recommendations  The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma  The Wim Hof Method: Activate Your Full Human Potential  Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art  48:43 – Sam's contact info  Instagram  Youtube  Patreon  50:12 – Conclusion  Social-Engineer.org  Social-Engineer.com  Chris on Twitter  Social-Engineer on Twitter  Maxie on Twitter  The Innocent Lives Foundation on Twitter  The Innocent Lives Foundation    Clutch  51:57 – Big podcast announcement!