Do You F*cking Mind? 453. Should I have a Plan B?
Nov 2, 2025
Exploring the value of having backup plans, the conversation highlights how alternatives can bolster confidence in pursuing your main goal. Fascinating details about tic disorders and the neuroscience behind them are provided. The discussion emphasizes reframing alternative plans as valid life paths that lead to unexpected fulfillment. Listeners are encouraged to envision multiple versions of their lives, reducing attachment to single outcomes and boosting creativity. It challenges the sunk cost fallacy, showing that good alternatives can empower healthier decisions.
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Build Real Alternative Life Plans
- Do create Plan B, C and D as real alternative lives rather than shameful fallbacks.
What Tics Really Are
- Tic disorders are involuntary, repetitive movements or vocalizations with varying complexity.
Basal Ganglia And Tic Mechanisms
- Researchers link tics to basal ganglia failures to inhibit motor signals and increased motor pathway activity.