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You Only Live Once... So Commit
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
Why You Shouldn't Decide
Author Pete Davis is evangelical about the counterculture of commitment. He argues that the urge to drop everything in switch tracks usually comes down to one emotion, a feeling that often leads us to act irrationally. FOMO keeps us worried that whatever great option we do pick will cause us to miss out on future opportunities for other great opportunities. The word decide uses the same Latin root as homicide, namely to kill.
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