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Hurry Slowly, a podcast about pacing yourself, where I explore

how you can be more productive, creative, and resilient through the simple act of slowing down.

Today's mini episode is short in length, but deep in thought. I'm joined by Renata Saletzal,

a Slovenian philosopher, sociologist, and author of the

excellent book, The Tyranny of Choice, a slim volume that completely changed the way that

I think about decision-making.

Essentially, the book is about why living in a consumer society, filled with infinite choices, gives us so much anxiety.

And a huge part of the reason is that we start to get lulled into the idea that everything is a choice.

And not just any choice, but a choice with an ideal outcome.

Who we should marry, if we have kids, how our career plays out.

So we start to invest a lot of time and energy in trying to make the right choice.

But it turns out that all that energy that we're now putting into making all of these different

choices not only makes us less happy,

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