Escape the Goal Trap: Embrace Curiosity and Tiny Experiments with Anne-Laure Le Cunff

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

Education, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Buddhism, Mental Health

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Anne-Laure Le Cunff, discusses how to go from procrastination to action using the power of tiny experiments. Most advice about self-improvement assumes you know where you’re going, but what if you don’t? Anne-Laure suggests that’s not a flaw, it’s actually the starting point. Her new book, Tiny Experiments, offers a way to explore change without chasing outcomes. In our conversation, we talk about curiosity as a guide, how to stay engaged in uncertainty, and what it means to choose persistence.

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Key Takeaways:

Importance of curiosity and exploration in personal growth
Conducting small experiments to challenge the status quo
Embracing uncertainty and learning from emotions
Distinction between passive and active acceptance of challenges
The concept of “field notes” for self-reflection and observation
Understanding and labeling emotions to reduce anxiety
Addressing procrastination through curiosity and exploration
The iterative process of growth loops and adjusting one’s trajectory
The significance of taking actionable steps in the present
Developing mini protocols or “pacts” for personal experimentation

If you enjoyed this conversation with Anne-Laure Le Cunff, check out these other episodes:

The Power of Visualization to Achieve Your Goals with Emily Balcetis

Why We Stop Noticing What Matters and How to Feel Alive Again with Tali Sharot

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0:00.0	you actually don't need to overhaul your entire life in order to reconnect with curiosity,
0:06.9	with exploration, with being open to uncertainty, with those liminal spaces.
0:11.2	You just need to conduct very small, little experiments where you question the way you've
0:18.9	been doing things and you try a different way of doing those things.
0:26.9	Welcome to the one you feed. Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the
0:36.4	thoughts we have.
0:37.9	Quotes like, garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.
0:43.4	And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.
0:47.6	We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.
0:52.4	We see what we don't have instead of what we do.
0:55.2	We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.
0:58.5	But it's not just about thinking.
1:00.6	Our actions matter.
1:02.1	It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.
1:06.9	This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction, how they feed their good wolf.
1:15.6	Most advice about self-improvement assumes you know where you're going.
1:20.5	But what if you don't?
1:22.0	Anne-Lor-Lacomph suggests that's not a flaw.
1:25.1	It's actually the starting point.
1:27.2	Her new book, Tiny
1:28.1	Experiments, offers a way to explore change without chasing outcomes. In our conversation,
1:34.5	we talk about curiosity as a guide, how to stay engaged in uncertainty, and what it means
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