Dr. Maya Shankar

But as you can imagine, and I imagine as many of your listeners can relate to, when you put so many years into a pursuit, you feel a lot of anxiety about the idea of jumping ship, right?

But as you can imagine, and I imagine as many of your listeners can relate to, when you put so many years into a pursuit, you feel a lot of anxiety about the idea of jumping ship, right?

And I also didn't know what could come next.

And I also didn't know what could come next.

Like, what does a postdoc in cognitive neuroscience do other than become an academic?

Like, what does a postdoc in cognitive neuroscience do other than become an academic?

And so I remember thinking, you know, should I just keep at it just to, you know, avoid all this sunk cost?

And so I remember thinking, you know, should I just keep at it just to, you know, avoid all this sunk cost?

But I knew from my behavioral science research to avoid the sunk cost fallacy, which is to not give in to that.

But I knew from my behavioral science research to avoid the sunk cost fallacy, which is to not give in to that.

But also I...

But also I...

I called up Laurie.

I called up Laurie.

I called up Laurie Santos and I said, Laurie, I know you're an academic, you're a professor.

I called up Laurie Santos and I said, Laurie, I know you're an academic, you're a professor.

You've been my role model all this time.

You've been my role model all this time.

It's one of the reasons I even went to grad school in the first place.

It's one of the reasons I even went to grad school in the first place.