What You Think You Want vs. What You Really Want, with Luke Burgis

#335: Have you ever spent years studying the wrong major, climbing the ladder at the wrong company, chasing the wrong career? 

Have you spent years living in the wrong city? Wrong relationship? Wrong lifestyle?

It’s hard to discern what *we think we want* from what we really want.

Society teaches us what we’re “supposed” to want. And we follow along.

The result is keeping up with the Joneses. It’s the hedonic treadmill. It’s lifestyle inflation. And it causes conflict, both within ourselves and with others. 

Today’s guest, Luke Burgis, discusses mimetic desire — how our “wants” are imitative — and how we can find our deeper truths. 

For more information, visit the show notes at https://affordanything.com/episode335

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