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Episode 17: The Power of Delusion
We usually treat delusion as something dangerous: ignoring reality, overestimating ourselves, refusing to listen when everyone says we’re wrong. And often, that’s exactly what it is.
But what if that same psychological trait is also necessary for major leaps forward?
Starting with Australian Olympic breaker Raygun, this episode looks at the strange line between self-belief and self-deception. We move through inventors who endured thousands of failed attempts, astronauts who accepted extraordinary risk, artists and actors who survived years of rejection, and entrepreneurs who built companies…
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