In this episode I discuss a concept from Daniel Kahneman's book "thinking fast and slow," where he states that people are far more interested in protecting themselves from losses than they are in pursuing opportunity.   Without realizing it, we spend our entire lives in protection mode.  This manifests itself in the form of optimistic denial, as Tim Ferris puts it.  Since we are so concerned with preserving and maintaining the status quo we invent reasons to avoid the discomfort of change...we live to stay the same. But what if we didn't? What if we could teach ourselves to become aware of this phenomenon and cut through the excuses and procrastination we're so accustomed to?  In this episode, I dive into exactly that question.