Joey Corea, an author and content creator who explores the breadth of psychology, on improving our decision making process, the value of reflection and appreciating the everyday (#11)

Joey climbed society’s “ladder to success” for quite some time, before finally stepping back and changing course. Moving away from a full-time job, Joey has built a life where he can share knowledge and ideas on areas of psychology with a broad audience. He’s also an author, a podcaster and maintains a blog at the intersection of psychology, creativity and tech. Today we nailed in on decision making, reflection and hedonic adaptation, the phenomenon where we quickly adapt to the pleasures in our life. Enjoy! Timestamps: Impact and reversibility in decision making (1:53) Considering downstream effects of your decision (4:53) Considering relative likelihood of different outcomes (8:32) Overcoming our biases when making decisions (15:45) Rapid-fire questions (19:46) Value of reflection for appreciation (25:16) Question for me (38:17) Links Joey’s Newsletter Joey’s socials Joey’s Book Thinking in Bets | Annie Duke BJ Fogg Daniel Kahneman Give It Up A Strategy for Combating Hedonic Adaptation The Challenge of Staying Happier: Testing the Hedonic Adaptation Prevention Model 4000 weeks | Oliver Burkeman