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The Blessing/Curse Of Self Deception | Are You Living In A Fantasy World?

The Blessing/Curse Of Self Deception | Are You Living In A Fantasy World?

Mere Mortals Conversations

January 13, 20231h 5mFull

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Show Notes

How much of our life is spent in a deluded state?

In Episode #361 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: how a listener email spurred this topic, what it means to be delusional, why my journeyman lifestyle might be stopping me from creating a family, why Juan will probably never become an entrepreneur, the bell curves I created from book reviews and why it's likely neutral-bad to be self-deluded.

A huge thanks to Nastia for the inspiration and Dave Jones for supporting us this week, he's a kind lad!

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Are we really Mere Mortals?
(0:37) - Why Self-Delusion?
(1:42) - Definition
(4:22) - Do I actually want a family?
(9:28) - Juan's response
(13:47) - Property & Babies
(18:22) - I'm not deluded about finances
(21:29) - The paradox of self delusion
(29:47) - Boostagram Lounge
(34:40) - Juan's biggest delusion
(42:08) - My book bell curve
(44:18) - Why my bell curve is right shifted
(46:16) - Nastia's bell curve
(47:18) - My raw data
(48:02) - Nastia's raw data
(50:55) - What is Standard Deviation?
(55:50) - Is self delusion good or bad?
(59:07) - Juan's summary
(1:00:41) - Don't be delusional, send some value!


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