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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

3254: Why the Illusion of Control Is Hurting Your Goals by Nir Eyal of Nir and Far on Self Help

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

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Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3254: Nir Eyal explores the illusion of control bias, illustrating how our desire to control situations often leads us astray, such as in survival scenarios where staying put is wiser than wandering off. He offers practical strategies to overcome this bias, emphasizing the importance of recognizing internal triggers and time-boxing to stay focused and achieve real agency. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.nirandfar.com/illusion-of-control/ Quotes to ponder: "Trying to make the journey to the nearest town just feels better and more productive than waiting in place for an indeterminate amount of time, hungry, alone, and with nothing to do." "This need for perceived control is a fixture of everyday life." "It’s an action I can take to feel in control if only for a moment even though I know the better decision is to stay with my head down and keep writing." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is optimal living daily episode 3254 why the illusion of control is hurting your goals

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by near a all of near and far.com and I'm Justin Moleick your very own personal narrator.

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I'm going to jump right into another post and start optimizing your life.

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By the illusion of control is hurting your goals by near a all of near and far.

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Let's try something. Imagine you've just crashed landed somewhere in the Sonoran desert deep in the American

0:36.3

Southwest. Though the aircraft is now a smoldering wreck, you miraculously survived,

0:42.1

uninjured, and now find yourself all alone as the sole survivor.

0:47.0

Temperatures are topping 110 degrees and you're stranded.

0:51.0

Thankfully, you've managed to find a few supplies in the wreckage,

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but while some of the things are vital to your survival,

0:58.0

others are useless.

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To stay alive until rescuers arrive, you must decide which among these items are most important.

1:08.0

A loaded 45 caliber pistol, a book titled Edible Plants and Animals of the Desert,

1:15.0

A Bottle of Salt, 10 1-gallon jugs of water,

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Red and White Parachutes,

1:21.9

A Compress Kit with Gause, two courts of brandy, a sectional

1:26.2

map of the area, a flashlight, a jackknife, a topcoat, a plastic raincoat

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two pairs of sunglasses a cosmetic mirror and a magnetic compass.

1:39.0

Now quickly rank the five most important items.

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Start with what's most vital and assign it a one.

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Then work your way down to five.

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What are the few things you'll most need

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