Maya Shankar
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1,518 appearances
8 recordings
7 series
first heard Oct 2025
last heard 5 Jul
Maya Shankar’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It was not complete.
And she is now the happiest, most self-assured version of herself, more than she ever thought possible.
And I think that that is the power in change, right?
It reveals things to us that are holding us back and then we can revisit those belief systems, right?
We can renew our relationship with ourselves and our self-identity and come out the other side stronger.
Type A plus.
Whatever the extreme version of type A is, I'm that thing.
Correct.
So what you're describing, the illusion of control, refers to the idea that we tend to wildly overestimate the degree to which we dictate the outcomes in our lives.
And when I think about it, it makes a lot of sense that we evolved this way because if we didn't feel we had control over our lives, most of us would descend into a state of nihilism, right?
We'd be like, why do we care about anything?
Why do we work hard?
The challenge, though, is that the meaning and purpose we get from this illusion is threatened, and we can feel that illusion shattering when a big unexpected change comes our way that we simply aren't prepared for.
And Olivia felt this.
I certainly have felt this way so many times, like you, Jason.
I love having my hands firmly on the steering wheel.
I like being in control.
I like knowing how the story ends.
In fact, one of my favorite research studies shows that we are more stressed when we're told we have a 50% chance of getting an electric shock than when we're told we have a 100% chance of getting an electric shock.
And it sounds wild.
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