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Changing Minds with Owen FitzpatrickAuthor: Owen Fitzpatrick Language: en Genres: Education, Science, Self-Improvement, Social Sciences Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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How to make better decisions
Episode 17
Monday, 17 August, 2026
I almost said "pick up the phone" was the wrong call for Stanislav Petrov to make. His training said launch. The screen said launch. He said wait, and that pause is the reason the world is still standing. Most of our decisions will never carry those stakes, but the machinery behind them is identical. Your mind was built to keep you alive, not to get things right, and that single fact explains why brilliant people make reckless calls and why the rest of us default to whatever is easiest. In this episode of Inner Propaganda, I explore why even Isaac Newton, a man who mapped gravity, lost a fortune chasing a stock bubble he knew was irrational. I walk through the four-part toolkit I use to make better decisions: Defusion, Debiasing, Decision Modeling, and Discernment, and I share why grading your decisions by their outcome instead of their soundness teaches you exactly the wrong lessons. Before we get into it, I have AMAZING news to share. Last week, Inner Propaganda was listed at No. 8 on the USA Today national bestseller list, No. 2 in nonfiction, No. 1 in psychology, and No. 1 in business on the same list!! It also made the LA Times bestseller list and the Independent Press Top 40 for nonfiction. This result far exceeds my expectations. I am still over the moon! Thank you for your support and feedback. If you have already picked up a copy, thank you, and I would love it if you took a moment to leave a review on Amazon. If you have not grabbed it yet, you can find it at innerpropaganda.com, on Amazon, or at your favorite bookstore. In this podcast episode, you will discover: Why Stanislav Petrov's doubt in a Soviet bunker prevented nuclear war How Isaac Newton's own envy overpowered his intelligence Why defaults, not choices, run far more of your life than you think The four-part toolkit for sharper decisions under pressure Why the conviction paradox is the key to leading with both doubt and confidence Visit my website: https://owenfitzpatrick.com/ Join my newsletter: https://owenfitzpatrick.com/newsletter/ Get my book, Inner Propaganda: https://www.amazon.com/Inner-Propaganda-Leading-Through-Turbulent/dp/1646872444/
