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389 Thinking more clearly with Ben Joseph Stewart

Optimal Performance

CHAPTER

Controlling Life Is a Bad Thing

We draw upon what makes us feel stable, air go safe and we know how to manage outcomes. So when you see other people around taking risks that we wouldn't take, sometimes we feel like, that makes me feel less stable. And even if it's just, i have to watch them go down this path. A lot of the times we think we understand where those decisions, where that path will lead them. You can think you are right, and all the books that you read, all the podcast you listen to will validate that you are right and you're doing the right thing. But for some reason, there is still this little thing... Why does the world seem so unable to

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