EP 422: The "Risks" of Losing What You Never Had with Nathalie Lussier

What does a bad movie from 1992, loss aversion, Steinbeck, pizza, farm animals, and the founder of a software company have in common? Well, you’ll find them all in this episode.

This episode will take you places. I don’t want to spoil it. So suffice it to say, this episode is all about questioning why we act the way we do when it comes to how we scale up (and scale down) our dreams. 

Footnotes:

• Learn more about Nathalie Lussier and AccessAlly
• Far and Away (1992 film)
• Oklahoma land rush of 1893
• “A primer on the 30s” by John Steinbeck
• More about loss aversion
• 2002 pizza study
• Psychopolitics by Byung-Chul Han
• Check out Nathalie & Robin’s farm on YouTube
• What Works by Tara McMullin

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"Work" is broken. We're overcommitted, underutilized, and out of whack. But it doesn't have to be this way. What Works is a podcast about rethinking work, business, and leadership as we navigate the 21st-century economy. When you're an entrepreneur, independent worker, or employee who doesn't want to lose yourself to the whims of late-stage capitalism, this show is for you. Host Tara McMullin covers money, management, culture, media, philosophy, and more to figure out what's working (and what's not) today. Tara offers a distinctly interdisciplinary approach to deep-dive analysis of how we work and how work shapes us.