The Uncharted Podcast

Commission Bias

The Uncharted Podcast

Show Notes

Do you ever find yourself saying ‘yes’ to things you don’t really have time for?

Or slowly increasing the amount of training you’re doing…?

Gradually creating a tempo of life that just gets faster and faster, with you feeling like you can’t - or shouldn’t - slow down, for fear of not getting it all done?

This is commission bias, in action.

This tendency towards action, even in a situation where not performing one leads to an identical, or even better outcome, is known as the commission bias…

And it holds so many ambitious, high performing people back from attaining their true peak potential - ensuring they’re always spread a mile wide and feeling like there’s simply not enough hours in the day.

In this episode - we discuss its implications and, more importantly, what can be done about it…

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