You Only Live Once... So Commit
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
Pushkin Industries
4.7 • 14.6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2022
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
YOLO seems like the perfect rock 'n' roll philosophy. You only live once... so do whatever seems right in the moment. Be spontaneous. Quit your job; find a new person to date; and always, always keep your options open.
We all fear getting stuck in the wrong occupation, relationship or home - so shun fully committing to anything. But we're misguided. The man who coined the term YOLO - the Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart - tells Dr Laurie Santos that throwing yourself fully into a life choice is the best way to live our precious life.
Further reading:
Pete Davis - Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing.
Dan Gilbert - Stumbling on Happiness.
Barry Schwartz - The Paradox of Choice.
Further Listening:
Try Mickey Hart's new album with Planet Drum “In the Groove".
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Barry Edelstein, artistic director of the old globe in San Diego. |
| 0:04.8 | One of the country's leading Shakespeare theaters, my podcast where there's a will finding |
| 0:09.2 | Shakespeare from the globe and push-in industries is kind of a scavenger hunt for Shakespeare, |
| 0:15.0 | because Shakespeare keeps popping up in all sorts of unexpected places. |
| 0:19.8 | Why? |
| 0:20.8 | What does it mean about him and what does it mean about us? |
| 0:24.1 | Listen to where there's a will on the IHART radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you |
| 0:28.4 | get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.4 | Hey, I'm Joel Stein. |
| 0:32.4 | I want you to close your eyes and imagine a pocket watch. |
| 0:36.2 | It's moving from side to side. |
| 0:38.8 | You're getting very sleepy. |
| 0:41.3 | Great, now that I've hypnotized you against your will, you're going to start liking long |
| 0:45.3 | form journalism. |
| 0:46.5 | Like, so much. |
| 0:48.5 | You're going to listen to a podcast where the host interviews a writer about their long |
| 0:52.3 | form story every week. |
| 0:53.8 | I'm that host. |
| 0:54.8 | Listen to the story of the week on the IHART radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you |
| 0:59.1 | get your podcasts. |
| 1:07.0 | Pushkin. |
| 1:08.0 | I've always been kind of into musicians. |
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