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E171 - Mark Manson: How to give a f*ck about the right things

The High Performance Podcast

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What Is High Performance?

High performance is simply living up to your own aspirations and expectations for yourself. There's a fine line between being overly optimistic or overestimating yourself versus just being outright detached from reality, which can hurt you. We're operating with hardware that evolved hundreds of thousands of years ago. It's not adapted to our current environment. And the psychological functions that helped us survive on the Savannah are the same Psychological functions that screw us up when it comes time to maybe pass on that drink or go to bed early.

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