EP 106: Patrick McGinnis - Mojo, FOMO, FOBO and Decision Making

<div>Patrick J. McGinnis <span style= "font-family: Helvetica Neue;">coined the term “FOMO", short for the "Fear Of Missing Out.” He</span> is the author of <em>Fear of Missing Out: Practical Decision-Making in a World of Overwhelming Choice</em> and host of HBR Presents: FOMO Sapiens podcast. He also created the term "FOBO" or "Fear Of a Better Option." <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue;">At a time when every decision counts, we must be decisive. Deciding what’s best, whether you’re dealing with life’s major decisions or its minor details can be daunting. Patrick delivered</span> a popular TED Talk on decision-making and developed a fresh approach that will show us how to overcome indecision...<span style= "font-family: Helvetica Neue;">the topic for this conversation. </span></div> <div> </div> <ul> <li>When people ask Patrick what he does how does he like to reply?</li> <li>What’s the source of FOMO… the actual upstream source?</li> <li>50 percent of us suffer from FOMO. What is the question that is framed to participants to know?</li> <li>How do we know it’s our FOMO speaking and not another part of our subconscious?</li> <li>Is there an argument for filtering what we choose to listen to or hear from others?</li> <li>What are the positives of FOMO?</li> <li>Does FOMO drive us to live out other peoples dreams instead of focusing with intention on our own dreams?</li> <li>What is our fear telling us?</li> <li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue;">Has swipe left/right/up/down become a means to introduce FOBO and reinforce that behaviour?</span></li> <li>Why do leaders struggle to make important, difficult decisions in the workplace? </li> <li>Why should we <em>Marie Kondo</em> on the options we don’t take up? </li> <li>Patrick woke up and dressed like a French assassin. Did he take on the values of a French assassin alter ego?</li> <li>Patrick said his Dad was a man who knew no FOMO. Why?</li> <li>When Patrick's identity was wrapped in private equity he got very sick. How did he adjust his identity t