Fear and emotional avoidance
Subject in Mental Health
Fear and emotional avoidance has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Modern Wisdom. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Joe HudsonExecutive coach and founder of Art of Accomplishment, former venture capitalist who coaches founders and researchers at companies including OpenAI
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
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 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 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
Podcasts
- Modern Wisdom · 1 episode
Episodes
How To Make Better Decisions (with way less uncertainty) - Joe Hudson - #1171Modern Wisdom · Nov 2, 2026 · 1 h 43 min
Chris Williamson talks with coach Joe Hudson about why decision-making is emotional, how fear distorts choices, and how principles, iteration and emotional acceptance improve decisions.