Dr. Martin Hash Podcast

You may think you’re the center of the universe but that doesn't mean you're any different than anyone else. Statistically, everything you do is almost the same as everything everybody else does. The fact is, none of us stand out; we all fall within the same standard deviation, and even though we may think our problems or experiences are unique, the reality is everyone we know and don’t know is navigating the same ocean. If your life is messy, be assured so are the lives of everyone you see around you; if you are dissatisfied, so aren't we all; if you never get lucky, well, none of us do... At least, statistically speaking; 3% of the time you will be lucky, but you wouldn't bet those odds in Vegas.

Your expectations of reality are set by reading stories and watching movies, but that’s fiction written by other people with the expectations they have from reading stories and watching movies of made up values & experiences of the fiction writers before them; it's a continuing cycle of misinformation. Families aren't like they're portrayed in popular culture, neither are jobs, nor relationships, nor anything for that matter. It has to be that way because life is pretty dismally mundane, and without a positive outlook, without optimism, human beings are nothing more than animals. We subconsciously know we’re nothing special, we’re all within the Standard Deviation, but don’t want to admit it to ourselves, so everyone suffers in a community of voluntary delusion.