You're a Work of Fiction

Name: You're a Work of Fiction
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Change your life by writing a new story for yourself.

Created byJay Risser

Last updated 5/2023

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What you'll learn

Understand the anatomy of the brain.
Understand how memories are stored and retrieved.
View the evidence of why you are a work of fiction.
Learn how to change by writing a new narrative for yourself.
Learn how we can only perceive a tiny bit of all the information that bombards us.
Create affirmations, mission statements, and mottos to help you change.
Learn how to create your own hero story.
Learn meditation techniques to help you be present in the present moment.

Course content

3 sections • 27 lectures • 1h 59m total length

Introduction4:54
Rewrite your self-narrative by recognizing that memories are fiction and that eyewitness testimonies can mislead; learn how the brain and memory work to craft the person you want to be.
The Brain's Anatomy4:12
Explore the brain's anatomy—from neurons and synapses to EEG readings—tracking electrical impulses and brain waves, including delta, theta, alpha, and beta frequencies, amplitudes, and locations.
Making Connections5:22
Explore assimilation and accommodation as neurons form synapses and pathways, while the brain uses predictive shortcuts that shape pattern recognition and misperceptions; mindfulness aids clearer observation.
Perceptions4:59
Explore how our minds filter 11 billion bits of information into 50 perceivable bits, revealing information overload and how glasses, lighting, and context shape color perception and biases.
Biases, Prejudices, and Stereotypes3:01
Examine how biases, prejudices, and stereotypes shape what we notice and remember, driven by our brain's laziness. See how experience can reduce prejudice as people interact with others.
Memory5:00
Explore how perception becomes memory, influenced by biases and emotions, through the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus, and how self-quizzing strengthens recall.
Memories: Our Personal Narratives5:13
Memory behaves like an editable document, changing with recall, and the lecture examines misinformation, false memories, eyewitness flaws, and the Mandela effect to be discussed next.
The Mandela Effect1:38
Explore the Mandela effect, a collective false memory where many recall events differently than they happened. See examples like the Berenstain/Berenstein bears and the line 'Luke, I am your father'.
Narrators of Our Own Stories2:55
Explore how we narrate experiences to shape our life stories, how memory editing alters meaning, and why our brains seek simple, adaptive interpretations.
Narrator vs. Experiencer2:20
Explore the shift from narrator to experiencer, learning to observe life without judgment through mindfulness and the alien scientist technique that notices bodily sensations and events.
You're a Work of Fiction: Summary of the Evidence1:13
Discover how lazy brains seek patterns, process only 50 bits from 11 billion stimuli, and edit memories into biased, emotionally charged stories.

So You're a Work of Fiction, Now What?3:26
Rewrite your personal narrative and move from past events to future possibilities. Explore the three questions—do you want to change, why, and how—to guide meaningful change beyond comfort zones.
Know that You Can Change2:17
Explore how neuroplasticity enables change in thoughts and beliefs, challenging fixed mindsets. Recognize inherited traits from our genes and use a growth mindset to adapt and grow.
Why do You Want to Change?9:08
Discover your why behind change by exploring personal purpose and resilience, and learn to set smart goals with steps, subgoals, and a plan across personal, relationships, finance, and career.
Mission Statements2:42
Learn to write a personal mission statement that captures your why and guides daily actions. Keep it short, memorable, unique to you, realistic, and up-to-date.
Mottos1:27
Write a motto or model that guides your life. Compare it with a mission statement and explore examples like be the change you want to see in the world.
How do You Change?7:14
Learn to rewrite your personal story using the A, B, C, D, e process to move from nervous thoughts to effective beliefs about public speaking and change your life.
Affirmations9:14
Learn to rewrite your story with daily affirmations that reprogram your mind through positive statements, neuro-linguistic programming, visualization, and practice to boost self-esteem and well-being.
Change Habits4:11
Change your story by changing your habits, recognizing unconscious routines, making bad habits harder with negative consequences, and using the 20s rule and the 22nd rule to build good habits.
Change Your Patterns7:34
Change Your Karma3:06
Change Your Environment3:19
Surround yourself with people and culture that reflect your goals, then rewrite your story by making incremental environmental changes, like adding plants or visiting parks and libraries.
Taking Risks2:39
Move beyond your comfort zone by setting goals and taking small risks, from new routes and routines to trying new foods or classes, building neural pathways and exercising your mind.
Hero Stories3:39
Explore how heroes craft personal myths through the hero's journey, from departure to adventure to return, and learn to write your own transformed story fueled by motivation or why.
What is Mindfulness?4:24
practice mindfulness by becoming an experiencer of thoughts, feelings, and environment, observing life without judgment or commentary, and choosing to experience rather than narrate it in the present moment.
How to Use Mindfulness11:03
Discover the see hear feel mindfulness method, using sight, sound, and touch. Apply labeling, equanimity, and breathing to daily activities for focus and calm.

Requirements

A willingness to change and grow.

Description

You're a Work of Fiction: The Science of Self-Reinvention

In this course, you will learn how to use the latest scientific research on memory and the brain to rewrite your own story. You will learn how to identify and change the negative beliefs and patterns that are holding you back, and how to create a new story for yourself that is both exciting and fulfilling.

By the end of this course, you will have a deeper understanding of yourself and your potential. You will be able to set goals, overcome obstacles, and live a life that is both true to yourself and fulfilling to others.

What you will learn

How the brain stores and retrieves memories
How we are only able to observe a tiny percentage of all the information that bombards us
How our memories are so bad that eye witness testimonies shouldn't be allowed in a courtroom
How to identify and change negative beliefs and patterns
How our brains have a quality known as neuroplasticity that can help you to change your brain's chemistry
How to use NLP (neuro linguistic programming) to change your thinking
How to write affirmations, mission statements, and mottos to help you change
How to use mindfulness
How to create a new story for yourself

Who is this course for?

This course is for anyone who wants to create a more fulfilling and meaningful life for themselves. Whether you are struggling to find your purpose, feeling stuck in a rut, or just looking for a new way to approach your life, this course will give you the tools you need to create the life you want.

FREE Workbook included

A free downloadable workbook is included so that you use it to follow along the lectures and take notes. Taking notes has a "generative effect," that is when we generate things on our own, such as writing things down, we are more likely to remember them.

Guarantee: We know you will love this course. However, we offer a no-questions-asked 30-day money-back guarantee if the course does not meet your needs for any reason.

Your instructor:

I'm Jay Risser. I have over 25 years experience teaching and coaching. I have a Master's Degree in Education from the University of Hawaii and I'm finishing up my dissertation for a PhD in Psychology with an emphasis on positive psychology and happiness. I have changed my own life story from that of a shy kid to someone who has been a clown, an improv performer, acted in a musical play, and I've even been on a morning TV interview program a couple of times. This course is based on what I've learned through academic study and through my personal journey through life.

Sign up today and start rewriting your story!

Who this course is for:

• You’re UNHAPPY with your life and want to change it.
• You want to achieve your GOALS.
• You want to live your BEST LIFE.
• You want to be RELAXED.
• You want to achieve SUCCESS in your life.
• You want to overcome your FEARS.
• You are a life coach, counselor, teacher, parent or friend who wants to HELP OTHERS to better their own lives.

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Summary1 lecture • 3min

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