This is trend following radio where great thinking comes alive.

Nobel Prize winners, legendary traders, bestselling authors, and the pros that know what drive us irrational human beings.

I am your host, Michael Coval.

Not filtered, raw, honest.

That's my passion.

My guest today is Patrick McGuinness.

He coined the term, FOMO, the fear of missing out.

He also happens to have a new book out, the fear of missing out, practical decision making in a world of overwhelming choice.

And you know the way he says it, what are you really missing out on?

And how much does that simple little thought affect all of us every damn day? Well, instinctively,

we know immediately it does. Patrick does a great job of digging through the psych research, digging through his own

experiences, his own connections with an assortment of people, and really gives a great

perspective on this concept. All the props to him for coining the term and a really interesting

backstory that he shares about how it ultimately

became famous, famous enough that United States presidents use it. Without any further delay,

let's jump right into my conversation today with Patrick McGinnis. There's an interesting thing happening right now in America.

And here I'm about two months ahead of America in terms of this corona scare, but we're talking the day

after the 10% drop in stocks. What's so interesting about what's happening now is we're having

the most significant countrywide restriction of choice in the history of America.

On one fell swoop, we're telling everybody, no choice, go home.

Yeah, it's incredible because we live in a society that typically has overwhelming choice.

Whether it's what you're going to watch on television or what you're going to buy or

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