The Age of Magical Overthinking: Why Our Minds Keep Doubling Down with Amanda Montell

Even smart people totally overestimate themselves. They just do it across maybe like a slightly smaller spectrum of subjects, but people of all intelligence levels and levels of expertise are out here overcrediting themselves with positive outcomes and predicting that they know more than they do. 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 thoughts don't strengthen or empower 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. How they feed their good wolf. A lot of modern self help is basically this promise.

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