{"podcast":{"title":"Good Life Project","slug":"good-life-project-963599","podcast_index_feed_id":963599,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/61de0665cc27c20014ea15cf","website_url":"https://www.goodlifeproject.com/podcast/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61de0665cc27c20014ea15cf/1718134805924-52d4419e899171e74e55b85422605cfc.jpeg","author":"Jonathan Fields / Acast","episode_count":1172,"summary":"Good Life Project is a podcast and video series for people navigating midlife with intention. Hosted by Jonathan Fields, each episode is a deep, honest conversation about what it actually takes to build a life that feels like yours, through the reinventions, reckonings, and reclamations that define your 40s, 50s, and beyond. Grounded in science, fueled by genuine curiosity, and always in service of the real work of living well. Often top-ranked, it’s been listened to and viewed more than 100 million times. New episodes weekly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T16:19:53.107350+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-life-project-963599"},"episode":{"title":"Why More Choices Make You Less Happy | David Epstein","slug":"why-more-choices-make-you-less-happy-david-epstein","published_at":"2026-06-29T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-life-project-963599/why-more-choices-make-you-less-happy-david-epstein","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-life-project-963599","url":"https://shows.acast.com/goodlifeprojectinspirationmotivationhappinessmeaningsuccess/episodes/why-more-choices-make-you-less-happy-david-epstein","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/61de0665cc27c20014ea15cf/e/6a3d5407bd84c352952f7bac/media.mp3","summary":"Most of us believe more options equals better outcomes. Research says no. In much of life, the opposite is true, and the gap between what we believe and what the data shows is one of the more quietly consequential misconceptions shaping how we live right now. David Epstei n is the author of Range and the new book Inside the Box , both New York Times bestsellers. He spent years studying human performance and creativity, and this conversation picks up where Range left off. If Range was about why broad exploration matters early in life, Inside the Box is about what you actually do once you have all that range. The answer turns out to be counterintuitive: you box yourself in. In this conversation, you'll discover: Why people with more options to watch are consistently more bored than people with fewer, and what that reveals about how your brain actually works  The difference between satisficing and maximizing, and why maximizers make worse decisions, feel more regret, and are less happy with their lives despite spending more time and energy on every choice  How Keith Jarrett recorded the best-selling solo jazz piano album of all time on a broken, out-of-tune instrument he almost refused to play, and what that says about where creative breakthroughs actually come from  The paired constraints process used by Monet, Dr. Seuss, and Isabel Allende, and how you can use the same structure to unstick your own creative projects  Why our attention switches tasks every 45 seconds on average now, down from every three minutes 25 years ago, and what it's actually costing us in terms of stress, creativity, and the simple experience of loving our work This is a conversation for anyone who has ever felt scattered across too many possibilities, half-committed to too man…","meta_description":"Most of us believe more options equals better outcomes. Research says no. In much of life, the opposite is true, and the gap between what we believe and w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3619,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/good-life-project-963599/episodes/why-more-choices-make-you-less-happy-david-epstein/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-life-project-963599/why-more-choices-make-you-less-happy-david-epstein.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}