The Alter Ego Effect
by Todd Herman · first published 2019
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…portraying. I believe many people adopt an alter ego without knowing it today. These are YouTubers, Streamers, Conference Speakers, and really anything where there's a concept of a "stage". The book "The Alter Ego Effect" by Todd Herman goes into this further, but my favorite material on this is "Impro" by Keith Johnstone.
on “The 'Batman Effect': How having an alter ego empowers you (2020)” ↗The definitive book on this is ‘The Alter Ego Effect’ by Todd Herman (there’s also a bunch of extra resources on his website https://alteregoeffect.com ) He goes into great detail about the method and the science of what’s happening in your brain when…
on “The 'Batman Effect': How having an alter ego empowers you (2020)” ↗…Jason or The Terminator to be relentless in the face of threats. Your actions break you out of the loop, and you can drop or replace the alter ego later. Great book on the topic: https://www.amazon.com/Alter-Ego-Effect-Identities-Transform...
on “Ask HN: How to break anxiety/fear-avoidance cycle?” ↗That's interesting because as recently as a couple of months ago I read "The Alter Ego Effect: The Power of Secret Identities to Transform Your Life" and found it pretty good for at least 90% of it. There's something about the overall principle, worth investigating on an individual basis.
on “The 'Batman Effect': How having an alter ego empowers you (2020)” ↗Could also be the Alter Ego Effect (there's a book with the same title about it).
on “I drink before I interview” ↗