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

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! Intro Music by 'Signs Of New Growth': https://podcastindex.social/@SignsOfNewGrowth Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReU Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/ Support the show