113. Missing Something? How to Kick FOMO with Conscious Decision-Making

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Think Fast Talk Smart

Communicating, Influence, Career Skills, Career, Business, Education, Leadership, Careers, Communication, Career Growth, Public Speaking, Language Learning, Improv

4.7 • 711 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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How to conquer one of our greatest fears: the fear of missing out.

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1:02.7	One of the biggest fears that I struggle with is the fear of missing out. Is there a better
1:09.4	opportunity? Are there other people I should be talking
1:12.3	to? Is this the right place to eat or visit? The fear of missing out looms large in my life.
1:19.8	Today we'll explore FOMO and how to deal with it. I'm Matt Abraham's. I teach strategic
1:25.9	communication at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
1:29.3	Welcome to Think Fast, Talk Smart, the podcast. Today, I am really excited to speak with Patrick McGuinness.
1:39.3	Patrick is the best-selling author of Fear of Missing Out, Practical Decision Making in a World of Overwhelming
1:45.3	Choice, and the 10% Entrepreneur. He is also the creator and host of the FOMOSAPiens podcast.
1:52.6	Patrick, thanks so much for being here. Thanks so much for having me. I certainly don't want to miss
1:58.2	out of any of our conversation. So let's go ahead and get started.
2:01.9	It's hard for me to believe, but I'm actually talking to the originator of the term FOMO,
2:07.6	fear of missing out. In preparing for this chat, you told me that FOMO, in your words,
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