How To Make Life's Biggest Decisions - Abby Davisson - #603

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Abby Davisson. She's an author, social innovation leader, and career development expert, whose research focuses on decision making and money management and romance. There are some big decisions we all need to make. What job to take, what city to live in, whether to get married or divorced or have kids. Having a prescriptive formula for this might seem impossible, but Abby helped run the most popular course at Stanford on exactly this topic. And today, we get to find out what she's discovered. Expect to learn what the most common single mistake that Abby has discovered in her research is, how to use logic in romantic decisions without killing the romance, how to speak to your parents about care as they get older, the biggest mistakes that all people make when it comes to major decisions, if you should get a prenup agreement and much more. In other news, this episode is brought to you by AquaTru. A couple of weeks ago, I said I was going to try AquaTru and if it was crap, I was going to tell you and I have tried it for nearly a month and it's fantastic. It's absolutely awesome. AquaTru is a four stage reverse osmosis purification for water. They've got countertop purifiers with no installation or plumbing and it removes 15 times more contaminants than ordinary pitcher filters. They've got water purifiers to fit every type of home from installation free countertop purifiers, which is what I've got, and high capacity under sink options. They even have Wi-Fi connected purifiers that have got mineral boost options. It's got proprietary purification technology and is independently tested and certified to NSF standards to remove over 80 of the most harmful contaminants, including chlorine, fluoride, arsenic, PFAS and nitrate, plus many more. This is something I am huge on at the moment. The quality of the water that I'm drinking is absolutely massive. 60% of your body is water and the water quality that you are probably drinking in a metropolitan municipal city area is not good. One set of filters from AquaTru makes the equivalent of four and a half thousand bottles of water, which is less than three cents a bottle. Plus they last for six months to two years. So you don't even need to change the filters all that often. Head to bit.ly slash drink wisdom to get $100 off any AquaTru water purifier. That's bit.ly slash drink wisdom for $100 off everything. They do only ship to the US and Canada at the moment. I'm sorry, everyone else. In other other news, this episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens. You are not eating enough fruit and vegetables in your diet and you know it and this is going to help. One scoop of Athletic Greens contains 75 vitamins, minerals and whole food sourced ingredients. They have updated their formula 53 times over the last decade as new research has come in. It's NSF certified, meaning even Olympic athletes in the US can use it. It's lifestyle friendly, whether you eat keto, paleo, vegan, dairy free or gluten free, and it contains less than one gram of sugar without compromising on taste. It is the most comprehensive greens drink that I've ever found. I always wondered why Andrew Huberman and Tim Ferriss and Joe Rogan and Lex Frieden talked about it and it makes sense. It is as comprehensive as it gets. So if you're looking to upgrade your nutrition, this is a fantastic place to begin. Also, there is a 90 day money back guarantee, five free travel packs and a year's free supply of vitamin D if you go to athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom. That's athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom.
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