Why Doing More Is Keeping You Stuck and What to Do Instead | David Epstein

The modern fire hose of information and influencer dumb It can be so overwhelming, it can kind of hijack that really good impulse to be a self improver. By just overwhelming you with stuff and making you feel bad even when you are improving. Welcome to the one you feed. Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have.

Quotes like Garbage in, garbage out, or You Are What You Think ring true. And yet, for many of us, our thought strengthen or empowers us. We tend toward negativity, self-pity. Jealousy or fear. We see what we don't have instead of what we do.

We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit. But it's not just about thinking. Our actions matter. It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living. This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction.

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