On this episode, Travis talks with founder of Designing the Mind, Ryan A Bush, who is on a mission to provide wisdom education and push the boundaries of human potential beyond the ordinary. In his new book, Become Who You Are: A New Theory of Self-Esteem, Human Greatness, and the Opposite of Depression, Ryan argues that the pinnacle of human happiness isn't determined by the typical metrics of pleasure or pain, loss or gain. Instead, it's rooted in the admirability we find within our own actions. Together they discuss: an analytic/engineering approach to psychological growth, what we learn from life's detours, the importance of introspection, the embodiment of traits we admire in others, his path through a period of depression, his view of autism and other neuro-types, and the role of the ego.
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https://designingthemind.org/becoming/
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https://designingthemind.org/psychitecture/
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