Understanding how to use the placebo effect and commitment devices can increase your productivity as a leader. This is especially helpful in developing daily routines, which are a series of habits to help you start your day off right and get your most important work done.

Show Notes:

Here are three articles on the Placebo Effect:

Placebos Prove So Powerful Even Experts Are Surprised; New Studies Explore the Brain’s Triumph Over Reality (New York Times)

More Than Just a Sugar Pill: Why the placebo effect is real (Harvard Graduate School of Arts & Sciences)

The power of the placebo effect (Harvard Medical School)

And two on wines:

This is why more expensive wines taste better (Market Watch)

Do More Expensive Wines Taste Better? (Journal of Wine Economics) This is documents the large study be Robin Goldstein, whom I mentioned in the podcast.