178: Wanting: How to Declutter Our Desires To Pursue What We Truly Want, with Luke Burgis
"We don't generate or manufacture our desires from thin air. We're social creatures, and from the minute that we're born we come out of the womb really looking to our mothers for cues about what's important." - Luke Burgis
Mimetic desire -- the act of desiring simply what others desire - imitating what other people want instead of developing our own intentional, conscious wanting - is a powerful force in our development, our world and in our everyday lives. Today's Finding Brave guest shares his expertise about this concept of desire and why it's critically important to identify and pursue…
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