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#335: Have you ever spent years studying the wrong major, climbing the ladder at the wrong company, chasing the wrong career?\xa0\nHave you spent years living in the wrong city? Wrong relationship? Wrong lifestyle?\nIt\u2019s hard to discern what *we think we want* from what we really want.\nSociety teaches us what we\u2019re \u201csupposed\u201d to want. And we follow along.\nThe result is keeping up with the Joneses. It\u2019s the hedonic treadmill. It\u2019s lifestyle inflation. And it causes conflict, both within ourselves and with others.\xa0\nToday\u2019s guest, Luke Burgis, discusses mimetic desire \u2014 how our \u201cwants\u201d are imitative \u2014 and how we can find our deeper truths.\xa0\nFor more information, visit the show notes at https://affordanything.com/episode335\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices