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What things in life *shouldn't* we optimize? (with Christie Aschwanden)

Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

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Is There a Sacredness in Relationships?

Spencer: I think sometimes it's okay to just relax and let things unfold a little bit. In fact, even if you're a super optimizer, the vast, vast majority of the time you should not be optimized. What makes me bristle more is this idea that there's this one thing that I can do or that we always at every moment have to be making sure that exactly the thing that I'm doing right now is the exact perfect, most optimal thing. That kind of mindset is really healthy and really helpful and wonderful.

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