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The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Srinivas Rao

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

We have apps telling us who we should date, what music to listen to and which route to take to work, but no algorithm or AI can tell us who we should marry, where we should live or at what age we should have children. According to economist Russ Roberts, these decisions are borne of the necessity to solve life's wild problems. They aren't decisions made by us but rather by who we want to be. They are the decisions that define us.

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0:00.0	As you probably notice, this month, we're bringing you our Life of Purpose series and revisiting
0:04.6	some of our most transformative episodes. Tune in to explore expert insights and practical
0:09.4	strategies on help, performance, and community well-being, all aimed at helping you achieve
0:14.4	personal and professional fulfillment. If you sign up for the newsletter, you'll not only get
0:18.5	recaps of the key ideas in each interview, but at the end of the series, you'll receive our free Life of Purpose ebook.
0:24.5	What you have to do is go to UnmistakableCreative.com slash Life Purpose.
0:28.1	Again, that's UnmistakableCreative.com slash life purpose.
0:32.5	Self-awareness does not come easily to human beings. And the real value of self-help books isn't to help you,
0:40.3	but a good self-help book forces you to be aware that you do not fully understand yourself.
0:46.0	And I can't give you an algorithm or an equation for who to marry or whether to have children
0:52.1	or how much time to devote to friends and family
0:54.8	versus work or pleasure. But I try to give you some ways to think about it. And those ways,
1:00.2	focus on who you are and who you might become. The subtitle for the book is a guide to the
1:07.7	decisions that define us, that define us. These decisions determine who we are
1:14.5	and who we will be. And that's something it's not easy to pay attention to. It's something that's
1:20.2	easily forgotten. It's part of just easy to go through life, not paying attention.
1:29.1	I'm Sreeny Rao, and this is the Unmistakable Creative Podcast, where you get a window
1:33.5	into the stories and insights of the most innovative and creative minds who started movements,
1:38.3	built thriving businesses, written bestselling books, and created insanely interesting art.
1:42.5	For more, check out our 500 episode archive
1:45.0	at UnmistakableCreative.com. Russ, welcome to The Unmistakable Creative. Thanks so much for
1:52.8	taking the time to join us. Great to be with you. Yeah, it is my pleasure to have you here.
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