Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

I have been listening to Finding Mastery since the start and I learn something new with every episode. Dr. Mike is able to create great conversations that make it feel like I’m in the room with them.

Dear Michael, I just listened to that episode you did with Nir Eyal on belief’s. I just wanted to tell you that I found this to be very true because in the past, I was having some difficulty falling asleep. I did not want to get into the whole medication thing. So what I did was take a white Tick Tack (knowing that it was placebo, but hoping it would work to give me some shut eye). To my amazement it did. Even though I knew it was a placebo. Alison Schuback

Love the content and have been listening for a long time. Have noticed the number of ads go up, what feels to be exponentially.

So many great applicable takeaways, and encouraging insights.

Why exactly is this show dedicating an entire episode to what’s basically an ad for an active financial adviser charging a fee that is a percentage of assets under management (aka “AUM” fee)? What a sham. Notwithstanding CYA disclaimers, the show comes off as endorsing this guy. And it’s irresponsible, *especially* to financially illiterate / indebted listeners. As one (not necessarily THE - everyone should do their own research) counterpoint, I would suggest people look into the Bogleheads philosophy - minimize fees (which start you out in the red), by investing in globally-diversified low-cost passive index funds.