00:00My brain is being manipulated right now, and I don't even know it.
00:04Trick number one is the door-in-the-face technique.
00:07If someone asks for something big first and then asks for something small,
00:11I almost always say yes to the small request.
00:14Every salesperson and every advertiser uses this on me every single day.
00:19Trick number two explains why Netflix autoplay works.
00:22My brain hates unfinished things. It's called the Zagarnik effect.
00:26Once an episode starts, my brain physically cannot relax until it finishes,
00:31so Netflix designed this deliberately to keep me watching for hours.
00:35Trick number three is the price trick.
00:37When I see something priced at £99 instead of £100, my brain registers it as significantly cheaper,
00:44even though it's just £1 less. Every brand on earth uses this to make me spend more money.
00:50Trick number four is social proof.
00:52When I see a restaurant is crowded, I assume the food is good,
00:56and when I see a video has millions of views, I assume it's worth watching.
01:01My brain constantly copies other people's decisions instead of thinking for itself.
01:06Trick number five is the mere exposure effect.
01:09The more I see something, the more I like it, which is why ads repeat the same thing over and
01:14over.
01:15By the tenth time I see a brand, my brain automatically trusts it.
01:19I follow ClearMind Global because knowing these tricks is the only way to protect myself from them.
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