Instant Gratification and the Death of Mastery: How to Refocus Your Life

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Are You Thinking Your Thoughts, Or Are They Thinking You?

You like to think of yourself as someone who thinks for themselves. But what if the ideas running through your head aren't really yours — what if they found you, infected you, and quietly rewrote your behaviour to help themselves spread? In this episode, we take an unusual detour ...  Show more

The Psychology of Never Feeling Good Enough (Even When You Clearly Are)

Hedonic adaption busily sweeps our wins under the rug like they are a nuisance. We look at how to fight back against your own psychology. I once ran further than 99.9% of humans ever will. Then went to bed and forgot about it and spent half the week a little dissappointed with ot ...  Show more

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