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The Price of Wanting: How Desire Shapes Happiness, Fulfillment, and Who We Become with Eric Jorgenson
The Price of Wanting: How Desire Shapes Happiness, Fulfillment, and Who We Become with Eric Jorgenson
The Price of Wanting: How Desire Shapes Happiness, Fulfillment, and Who We Become with Eric Jorgenson
Tuesday 9th December 2025
Eric Jorgensen discusses how desire influences happiness and fulfilment, offering strategies for living intentionally and fostering optimism.
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- Understand the price of a desire and decide if you're willing to pay it.
- Keep your desires few and carefully chosen.
- Focus on building useful beliefs and a growth mindset.
- Reflect on authenticity versus attachment in relationships.
- Consider the influence of environment on habits.
Keep your desires few and carefully chosen.
Ever wondered how your desires shape your happiness and fulfilment? In this episode, Eric Jorgensen shares his insights on the price of wanting and how desire can be your greatest ally or worst enemy. You'll hear about useful beliefs, agency, and the importance of a growth mindset. Jorgensen also touches on authenticity versus attachment, the role of judgement, and managing desires.
Drawing inspiration from thinkers like Naval Ravikant and Elon Musk, he offers practical strategies to live intentionally and foster optimism. Jorgensen emphasises the importance of understanding the price of a desire and whether you're willing to pay it, urging listeners to keep their desires few and carefully chosen. This episode is a treasure trove of philosophical insights that challenge us to reflect on what truly matters in life. Are you ready to re-evaluate your desires and find fulfilment in simplicity?