About this episode

This episode explores the complexities of decision making and how to improve judgment amidst life's challenges.

A “decision” isn’t a neat little moment where we pick option A or option B. We argue it’s something bigger and more personal: the conscious regulation of your trajectory through time, the act of preserving coherence when life is messy, emotional, and full of competing futures. If you’ve ever wondered why smart people still make self-sabotaging choices, or why quick fixes keep creating new problems, this conversation gives you a sharper model for human judgment and better decision making. We ...

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Host: Arshak Benlian

Topics covered

• decision making
• self-sabotage
• human judgment
• emotional regulation
• coherence

Keywords

• decision making
• self-sabotage
• human judgment
• emotional regulation
• coherence
• choices
• quick fixes

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