Ignorance Actually IS Bliss (Here's How)

Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore

Susie Moore

Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Philosophy, Life Coach, Motivational, Education, Personal Development, Life Coaching, Self-help, Mental Health

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🗓️ 18 April 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Could embracing ignorance actually pave the way to success? You'll be surprised at how "not knowing" might just be the secret ingredient to a fulfilling life. On today's episode, I'm sharing stories that defy the odds and celebrate the unconventional wisdom of knowing when less information can mean more freedom to thrive. Hear about the bumblebee that shouldn't be able to fly, yet dances from flower to flower, and the dermatologist who conquered the competitive Miami market with nothing but s...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Let it be easy with Susie Moore.
0:07.0	Is ignorance bliss?
0:10.0	Now I'm looking on the internets and there are some conflict as to where the phrase
0:18.8	ignorance is bliss originated from.
0:21.3	But it does appear to be a phrase coined by the English poet Thomas
0:26.4	Gray in his 1742 owed on a distant prospect of Eton College.
0:35.0	Isn't that so sweet?
0:38.0	What he means is, look, in knowing nothing,
0:41.0	life is delightful.
0:43.5	Kind of similar to what you don't know can't hurt you.
0:49.4	Ignorance is bliss, my friends.
0:51.0	I'm here to tell you three examples as to why ignorance is
0:56.6	bliss okay? Sometimes knowing too much having too much information having all this
1:02.0	knowledge and research is not going to help you because it can scare and overwhelm you.
1:07.0	Sometimes less truly is more.
1:11.0	So I have a couple of examples here. The first is the humble bumble bee. I heard this about the bumble bee once.
1:23.2	Aerodynamics, if you look at a bumblebee,
1:25.8	it's got a pretty big body and tiny, tiny wings.
1:29.2	Aerodynamically, a bumblebee is not supposed to be able to fly.
1:35.0	Look at that ratio, right?
1:39.0	Just speaking purely scientifically here.
1:42.0	A bumblebee is not supposed to be able to fly, it's supposed
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