Beyond Success

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These episodes explore the key questions that remain open after achievement: connection, desire, family, friendship, meaning, and legacy. The most recent episodes are below. Click on any of the thumbnails to start listening.

Why a Good Decision Can Still Feel Wrong | (#109) Beyond Success: Psychology & Philosophy for Achievers, with David Tian, Ph.D.

Why a Good Decision Can Still Feel Wrong | (#109) Beyond Success: Psychology & Philosophy for Achievers, with David Tian, Ph.D.

You’ve thought the decision through and had good reasons for making it. But now you’re living with the results, and you keep wondering whether you chose wrong.

Maybe you ended a relationship and miss the person. Or you declined an opportunity and can’t stop thinking about what you gave up.

But if you take the painful consequences as proof of a bad decision, then you end up returning to the same toxic relationship, or restoring the original unresolved problem, or spending another year going back in circles. Or keep flip-flopping until you no longer trust yourself to make a good decision and follow through.

Yet, you can’t simply ignore your gut feelings, either. Sometimes they reveal a problem you overlooked.

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When Part of You Wants to Change & Part of You Doesn’t (Guided Meditation) | (#108) Beyond Success: Psychology & Philosophy for Achievers, with David Tian, Ph.D.

When Part of You Wants to Change & Part of You Doesn’t (Guided Meditation) | (#108) Beyond Success: Psychology & Philosophy for Achievers, with David Tian, Ph.D.

You’ve thought it through, and your decision makes sense. But then another concern comes up, and you can make just as good a case for doing something else.

After a while, you start to wonder whether you can trust your own judgment.

Being smart can make this harder, because you can build a convincing argument for whichever option you feel most pulled toward.

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How to Trust Yourself When You Keep Changing Your Mind | (#107) Beyond Success: Psychology & Philosophy for Achievers, with David Tian, Ph.D.

How to Trust Yourself When You Keep Changing Your Mind | (#107) Beyond Success: Psychology & Philosophy for Achievers, with David Tian, Ph.D.

You’ve thought it through, and your decision makes sense. But then another concern comes up, and you can make just as good a case for doing something else.

After a while, you start to wonder whether you can trust your own judgment.

Being smart can make this harder, because you can build a convincing argument for whichever option you feel most pulled toward.

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