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Thrivetime Show | Business School without the BS

Patrick McGinnis | The Art Practical-Decision-Making with the The Venture Capitalist and Creator of the phrase FOMO

Thrivetime Show | Business School without the BS

Clay Clark

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The venture capitalist and the man who is credited with having invented the phrase FOMO (fear of missing out) shares super moves for making practical decisions in a world now filled with overwhelming choice.

Transcript

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0:00.0

On today's show we interview the New York City-based venture capitalist by the name of Patrick McGinnis

0:08.8

Patrick McGinnis is the inventor of the phrase FOMO, which stands for Fear of Missing Out.

0:16.0

And on today's show he joins us to teach the art of practical decision-making in a world of

0:21.0

overwhelming choice.

0:23.0

He also shares about his new book,

0:25.0

Fear of Missing Out Sapiens,

0:27.0

practical decision in a world of overwhelming choice

0:30.0

that talks about how FOMO will impact major world events.

0:34.6

And by the way, he wrote this book,

0:36.2

well before the coronavirus scare was a thing.

0:39.5

Patrick also talks about how in our world of perpetual digital distraction,

0:43.7

how FOMO can impact your mental health,

0:46.2

your productivity, and your financial well-being.

0:49.3

All this and more coming up next.

0:52.4

Some shows don't need a celebrity narrator to introduce the show,

0:56.0

but this show does.

0:58.0

Two men, eight kids, co-created by two different women,

1:03.8

13 multimillion dollar businesses.

1:07.0

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Thrive Time Shop. Now three, two, one.

1:14.0

Here we go.

1:15.0

We started from the bottom now we're here.

1:18.0

We started from the bottom and we'll show you how to get here.

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