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On Today's Episode:
You're likely under pressure with the rest of the world, making decisions under intense unprecedented levels of stress. The good news is that you're not alone. Right now, even if you're not watching the news or following every political conversation, you know the tension is there. With everyone, including you walking on eggshells, how do you make good decisions?
Chances are you don't think of your decisions in terms of being ethical or not, but in the grand scheme of life as a citizen of planet Earth, every decision you made so far today has been ethical or unethical. Dr. Susan Liautaud is an Ethics Expert who advises global leaders and international businesses how to develop strategic solutions to the complex ethical challenges they face. In this conversation she and Tom get deep into the weeds of what an ethical framework is, if 'Cancel Culture' and the massive division we're experiencing is ethical, and how you can live your life well and make better ethical decisions.
A few key thoughts from Dr. Liautaud to help you live a more ethical life:
Instead of canceling people, cancel language and behavior
Someone or something is going to be impacted by every decision you make
Practice really listening to what people are saying to you
We can't create a perfect life. Dr. Liautaud explains why perfectionism is a dead end path. The 4 Pillars of Ethics she shares are worth practicing immediately.
'There's no utopia, only trade offs.' - Thomas Sowell
Check out both of Dr. Susan Liautaud's books:
The Power of Ethics: https://amzn.to/3AFl1ZG
The Little Book of Big Ethical Questions: https://amzn.to/3AEIhHi
Recommended Reading:
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksander I. Solzhenitsyn: https://amzn.to/3PkoWPZ
SHOW NOTES:
0:00 | Introduction to Susan Liautaud
0:23 |What Makes Your Decisions Ethical
14:15 | Defining Hard Ethical Lines
32:36 | Cancel Culture & Massive Division
47:07 | Racism & Unconscious Biases
55:45 | Questionable Truths Shaping Reality
1:05:20 | Rules for Ethical Living
1:10:44 | There's No Utopia Only Trade Offs
1:19:38 | Big Ethical Questions
QUOTES:
'Do you have the information you need to make the decision? And if you don't, be mindful of the gap, [...] be mindful of the information that you're missing.' [3:33]
'They think that they're being long term thinkers, but in fact we're being serial short term thinkers, [...] think of multiple time frames.' [5:50]
'Ethical decision making tethers us to our humanity.' [13:16]
'When you cancel someone, [...] another way of saying that is that you've just taken away all incentive for them to try to improve.' [36:40]
'Cancel culture is a way of saying you don't deserve to exist as a human being.' [37:50]
'Take a deep breath and really listen to what other people are telling us, [...] listening to what people are really telling us, not what we want to hear, not what we expect to hear, not what we think they should be telling us…' [44:05]
'This idea that we can somehow program the world to be the way we want it to be, it doesn't work that way.' [57:23]
'Perfectionism is one of the greatest risks to ethics that we have.' [1:03:03]
Follow Susan Liautaud:
Website: https://susanliautaud.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/susanliautaud
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-liautaud-jd-phd-99aa475/
What tips do you have for people who have trouble making decisions?
@KingNigelthegreat Says:
you all out of ethics and massive division? come on lol. Cancel culture massive division that is all you people and steal MY identity centralized, order, unified harmony, not your NFT monopoly. These ideas and topics and concepts are whats wrong with the world and people in general. YOu act like they all so divided when you all the same criminal accomplice now. SPending your instruments of crime at the bank and government and anywhere. all over
@hungrypainter Says:
Why does she believe that Victor Orbon is an authoritarian dictator . And then she states it as if it's a fact .hmmmmm !
@Thefirstsiri Says:
Tom, I love your show. I’m happy to see that you have a woman on here. 90% of this show is typically men.
@beabea892 Says:
Thought you’d both like to know there are over 5000 schools across 160 countries and quickly growing that highly promote diversity of thinking, perspective-taking and critical thinking. This is supported from as young as 4. The focus is not a brush-over job. Students are taught these skills explicitly and are woven into all subjects with the understanding that the students of today will not be able to solve the problems of tomorrow without pooling opinions/perspectives. International Baccalaureate schools are quickly becoming a model of education of the future.
@antonburren336 Says:
Since vaccines do more harm than good and are driven by profit motives rather than science, the answer to the question of bribery that came from this ethics "expert" is terribly disappointing.
@tiffanytapia Says:
I absolutely adore your interviews and your mind in general. That said, I’ve noticed you often interrupt and talk over people. Please let them finish their thoughts. Well wishes to you and yours.
@nikitadavid143 Says:
Never trust anyone whos defense is " we are following the science" these are the same imbeciles cancelling us if we tell them that men cant get pregnant. Yay science.
@CuchBe Says:
you are doing very good work, buddy. ❤
@camiladelavega8779 Says:
I liked the other set up wayyyy better more chill and personal
@insiderinside1905 Says:
Based on this interview, Susan liataud has no insight into her own echo chamber. She got her toes right up to the edge of ideological diversity but at the crucial moment she turned her heart away. She couldn’t do it. You can’t go around the actual issues by pretending “science” is an apolitical process. Or by avoiding election fairness benchmarks. One principle to take away is that your opponent will see your bias that you are blind to, immediately.
@skihillsandy Says:
It's in the eye of the beholder, this woman is bias. Everything she says is instantly discounted because the 1/6 was not an insurrection, because if it was it was the lamest in history. Do not give her credit.
@fastmovingwater Says:
What about the riots?
@TheOriginalNiceGuy Says:
This woman is a left wing hypocrite who suppressed free speech
@quartytypo Says:
Reason why there are so many success videos on YouTube is that people who watch YouTube are not successful
@wendywaddellhardy8820 Says:
WHO REALLY IS DYING IN ALL AGE CATEGORIES??? WAKE UP
@wendywaddellhardy8820 Says:
Dr Ardis...Dr Buttar...Sherry TenPenny...
@Shaun.Ignatius Says:
Yikes.
@macumbeiro_xx Says:
The title is absolutely misleading, "Stanford Professor REVEALS The Most Important Skill For SUCCESS"?, really?, I got clickbaited again in this channel, I'm glad I unsubscribed a long time ago. I gave the interview a chance for 1 hour and 20 minutes because I'm interested in ethics, but I couldn't bring (force) myself to finish the last 16 minutes. So much bias for an ethics conversation, and maybe she misheard but did she say she doesn't know who is Thomas Sowell?... of course she doesn't. I want to believe Tom has good intentions but he approved that video title.
@Aussie677 Says:
The American dream
@naturilactation Says:
This women talks a lot about “the science “ and acceptance of the science. I believe as dynamic beings we are more than the science. Having diversity in thoughts and being different leads to new development of information.
@zwan727 Says:
Got me interested till ' Rouge chinese scientist' within 4 mins
@jacklynsadoway2050 Says:
Suffering can be a great teacher, making life easy for one makes it difficult for the other as the universe restores balance.
@l.m.d.4084 Says:
Oh there's racism alright. Against White people. Every day, in every way, by every race. And White people are waking up to the evil.
@sixthangel9716 Says:
You are responsible for your own health.
@toobigtobunt7937 Says:
so i googled susan liataud and one of the first results is her home address: $23 million home in Atherton, CA. White priviledge
@Flysonfame Says:
She lost me at having to bribe and con-pushing vaccines. Charlatan.
@estherpuru3255 Says:
Did your guest know you were going to be so combative on your platform? Take a lesson in listening rather than over sharing your POV. Also another lesson in kindness.
@mariomalnar Says:
This about covid is such a bullshit
@jon8367 Says:
COVID show us how the government lie, and it’s never wrong???
@dashingduff2985 Says:
OK this got me thinking on a certain subject.... talking about age, its not ok for someone to change there age and went to court because they feel younger, but it's ok for a man to say he identifies with being a woman or vise versa..... facts are facts at the end of the day 🤔 intresting someone can't identify with being younger
@TM-tw1py Says:
While I love Tom’s work, I don’t care for this social justice warrior.
@paulrichardson2942 Says:
How can you even have this conversation without mentioning the elephant in the room. An ethic that is not built on the existence of a higher power is always going to be a straw man.
@johnarmstrong2632 Says:
Careful Tom! Per MD PhD friend, saying that mass shooting does happen in the hood when thousands are dying every year can mean that research dollars won't be devoted to the problems. Be careful how you define mass shooting. No research in the hood can be a slick form of benign neglect if not out right racism.
War on drugs...no prob... until thousands of white people mushroomed into the opioid crisis. Millions of non-white incarcerations and tens of thousands of non+white deaths later, we NOW need to consider drug addiction a medical problem. Definitions are critically important!
@newsupdate6773 Says:
Very current topic , excellent report
@great567 Says:
Getting Tron vibes from the set
@maiskassas8568 Says:
She's working hard to open up people's eyes. Yet some people are fighting back to focus on their own beliefs and that's it.
@tonyamartin1425 Says:
I'm sorry this lady isn't even logical and just talking about pushing her agenda. Ethics are common sense to most people it's amazing and groundbreaking to people running systems and large companies. If the mask works how is me not wearing one putting you in danger? duh?
@cmihalcea Says:
Right! And wearing a mask does so much in regards of viral protection as a good massage does to a wooden leg.
@Tothamoon Says:
39:06 👌🏻
@bhairavichaudhary6274 Says:
I wonder with the kind of audacity they use phrases such as "rogue Chinese scientist". As these are the most honest people on the planet. Damn irritating!!! Who was funding Wuhan lab ???
@Shalien333 Says:
What about the Ethics of injecting children with unrevealed potentially toxic materials into their bodies. Wasn't bILL Gates of Hell thrown out of India and Parts of Africa for Vaccination Damaging Children. WAKE UP for our Children's sakes!!!!
@chipod6254 Says:
I am also open to diverse pov but I will never accept to befriend someone in Zanu PF
@IBMSystemsEngineer Says:
She's way too biased! When discussing the mob, she completely forgot 10 months worth of mob violence...how convenient.
@gailclough1665 Says:
Anyone who talks 'The science' looses me
@fabriziorossi5664 Says:
<< >>Inflation is killing my budget and my salary. I can't invest and it seems like I will need to sell all of my risk assets to keep my head above the water this year.<<>>
What is the best solution right now? These are really though times.
@fine3023 Says:
Someone finally confessed that the entire covid vaccine circus was about money! Bribe a group of mob to get the vaccine for children who based on scientific facts dont even need to be vaccinated against covid!
@if-not-now Says:
What does she mean by canceling language that shouldn't exist? The problem is, who gets to decide that and why. Doesn't it make sense to let people speak and refute what they're saying
@LifewithKarlyn Says:
I am not sure if the revelation of “the most important skill for success” was revealed, to me. I feel this was the battle of intellect. I prefer the question and answer format to an interview. This was interesting though.
@peterdegrandis4630 Says:
Right out of the gate, this women makes important sense; information is critical for making decision’s, but its more important to know we must make decisions knowing we can never be fully informed—life is a fluid, never ending process of searching for the least resistance to “more likely” prolong our survival. Sticking to her initial good reasoning would have delivered better messaging in total, if she didn’t inject subject social positioning and political narratives to make her good point and aim. —-disappointed; she excited me on the a great path that circled for no advance.
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