What Joe Hudson has said about Fear and emotional avoidance

Hudson argues that being afraid to feel certain emotions removes options from one's decision-making.

“If you are scared to feel a certain thing, then a certain solution set in your decision-making is not available to you”

Modern Wisdom: How To Make Better Decisions (with way less uncertainty) - Joe Hudson - #1171 (Nov 2, 2026) · Listen from 5:51

Hudson says his breakthrough was realising he was always in fear when making decisions, which changes how the brain operates.

“every time I was making a decision, I was in fear. So if you are in fear, your brain does certain things”

Modern Wisdom: How To Make Better Decisions (with way less uncertainty) - Joe Hudson - #1171 (Nov 2, 2026) · Listen from 11:44

Hudson argues that fear creates a 'false end' that hides the fact that more decisions follow any single one.

“The other thing that fear does in the brain is that it creates a false end”

Modern Wisdom: How To Make Better Decisions (with way less uncertainty) - Joe Hudson - #1171 (Nov 2, 2026) · Listen from 11:04

Hudson recounts that his barber, challenged to collect 50 gallery rejections, instead got acceptances and now makes a living from his art.

“He couldn't get 60 rejections. He got two acceptances. And so now he's making a living selling his art”

Modern Wisdom: How To Make Better Decisions (with way less uncertainty) - Joe Hudson - #1171 (Nov 2, 2026) · Listen from 10:24