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The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Srinivas Rao

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This episode breaks down our fear of better options, F.O.B.O, in an attempt to help our listeners become masters of decision-making in a world brimming with variety. We talk about the framework that Patrick has developed for this and hear about some of the ways he triumphs over fear. From using your watch to make no-stake decisions for you to becoming mindful of the asymmetry of information in media, you don't want to skip this one, so tune in and destroy your fear of better options.

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0:00.0	Growing up in a small time in Maine, you know, we didn't have a lot to choose from.
0:03.9	You would go to the supermarket and it was pretty small or you'd go to the movie theater
0:08.8	and there were three options and that was it.
0:11.0	We had cable.
0:12.0	I think we had like 23 channels or something when I was a kid.
0:14.9	And now of course we live in a world in which not only do we have unlimited options and
0:18.9	Netflix and if we want a stream television, but also in the way we live our lives.
0:23.6	You can go anywhere you want if you jump on a plane.
0:26.1	You can study anything you want on the internet.
0:29.4	We're so mobile and we're so exposed to so many things that we have become trapped
0:36.0	by the amount of variety in our lives and that's where we end up.
0:39.5	Even in an example I give Tinder, you carry around in your pocket a thousand potential
0:44.3	matches, more than a thousand actually.
0:46.5	And so how do you settle on just one and that bleeds into every aspect of our lives.
0:52.2	And it's a very difficult way to live life.
0:54.3	The tunnel is a bad for you but it's bad for all the people around you who are just
0:57.1	waiting for you to make a decision.
1:02.7	I'm Strenie Rao and this is the unmistakable creative podcast where you get a window into
1:07.0	the stories and insights of the most innovative and creative minds who've started movements,
1:11.6	built driving businesses, written best selling books and created an insanely interesting
1:15.6	art.
1:16.6	For more, check out our 500 episode archive at unmistakablecreative.com.
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