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Welcome back for another episode of Nick's Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and unconventional analysis, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner take us inside their thought process and teach us all how to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally. In Think Like A Freak, they offer a blueprint for an entirely new way to solve problems, whether your interest lies in minor lifehacks or major global reforms. The topics range from business to philanthropy to sports to politics, all with the goal of retraining your brain Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 0:00 Introduction 5:05 About the Author 7:25 Ch1: Think Like a Freak 13:10 Ch2: Three Hardest Words 18:45 Ch3: Whats Your Problem 24:55 Ch4: Think Like A Child 32:10 Ch5: Freakanomics 39:40 Next Time & Goodbye! 44:45 Da Newz YouTube: https://youtu.be/6AaPNMoAfm8 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheNiche

This week's podcast review comes from this blog review of Think Like A Freak.

We should start a book club. Bob discusses his recent read, Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain. Photo by Kvalifik on Unsplash.

Tony & Jeremy review Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022) starring John Mulaney, Andy Sandberg, Seth Rogan & J.K. Simmons.  In the second half we'll be discussing one of Tony's old favorites Good Will Hunting (1997) starring Matt Damon and  Robin Williams.Chapters:Current Talk: Stranger Things 4, Think like a Freak (00:29)Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022) Review: (15:14) Good Will Hunting (1997) Discussion: (32:26)The clips featured in this podcast were for critical review and parody, which are protected under the Fair Use laws of the United States Copyright Act of 1976. All rights are reserved and acknowledged.Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022) - Rotten TomatoesGood Will Hunting (1997) - Rotten TomatoesStanger Things - WikipediaThink like a Freak - Amazon

Saya membahas buku Think Like a Freak karya Steven Levitt dan Stephen J. Dubner. Buku ini membahas bagaimana cara berpikir yang out of the box. Untuk menyelesaikan sebuah masalah, kita tidak bisa selalu menggunakan cara pikir lama, kita butuh cara baru dalam melihat sebuah masalah. Ini yang dibilang oleh penulis sebagai think like a freak, berpikir seperti orang aneh. Hal ini memang tidak mudah, karena pada dasarnya manusia tidak ingin berbeda, mereka ingin sama agar bisa diterima di dalam kelompoknya. Namun jika kamu belajar hal ini, maka sesuatu yang awalnya tidak mungkin, bisa muncul solusi baru yang menjadikan hal tersebut menjadi mungkin.

Todays talking points derive from the book "Think Like A Freak" written by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. I read a passages out of the first chapter that explain why the 3 words "I Don't Know" are the hardest to say in the English language. I then discuss how relative and true that is for todays society and at the forefront is our Elected Officials and prominent "Experts." The consequences of saying "I Don't Know" are far greater than being wrong and unfortunately it has a lasting impact on innocent people! Is admitting that you don't have the answer really that big of a deal? Why not just admit you are not sure and then go research the answer? And how often are so called "Experts" right about predictions they make? This is an extremely eye opening podcast that provides a perception that most people probably have not considered or looked into! Any questions or comments can be forwarded to my email: michaelkee2415@gmail.com Also go subscribe to my Youtube channel for an array of information regarding Investing and the Stock Market: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTSPLJ0N0mRmru7ZxCUY8dg --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-kee/support

Monolog tentang buku yang dibaca baru2 ini. Ini salah satu buku pembuka tahun yang membuka pola pikir baru. Bahwa menjadi orang aneh dan berpikir lebih banyak dari orang pada umunya akan memberi perspektif yang baru. Mari jangan takut menjadi orang aneh.

Sign up to the bookmark newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/1119b1358a84/thebookmark   About the Book  With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and unconventional analysis, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner take us inside their thought process and teach us all how to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally. In Think Like A Freak, they offer a blueprint for an entirely new way to solve problems, whether your interest lies in minor lifehacks or major global reforms. The topics range from business to philanthropy to sports to politics, all with the goal of retraining your brain. Along the way, you’ll learn the secrets of a Japanese hot-dog-eating champion, the reason an Australian doctor swallowed a batch of dangerous bacteria, and why Nigerian e-mail scammers make a point of saying they’re from Nigeria. Levitt and Dubner plainly see the world like no one else. Now you can too. Never before have such iconoclastic thinkers been so revealing—and so much fun to read.’ Source: https://www.amazon.com/  Buy the book from The Book Depository - https://www.bookdepository.com/Think-Like-Freak-Steven-D-Levitt/9780062295927/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf   About the Authors Steven and Stephen are co-authors of the “Freakonomics” book series, which have sold millions of copies in 40 languages, and host of Freakonomics Radio, which gets 15 million global monthly downloads and is heard by millions more on NPR and other radio outlets. Steven D. Levitt is the William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, where he directs the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory. In 2006, he was named one of Time magazine’s 100 People Who Shape Our World. In addition to his academic and Freakonomics pursuits, he is a founding partner of TGG Group consulting firm. He lives in Chicago with his wife Jeannette and their four children. Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning author, journalist, and TV and radio personality. Dubner’s journalism has also been published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time and elsewhere. He has taught English at Columbia University, played in a rock band and, as a writer, was first published at the age of 11. He lives in New York with his wife, the docu mentary photographer Ellen Binder, and their children. Source: https://freakonomics.com/about/  Would you like to take better notes from the books you read?  Get your copy of Archley's beautiful book journal, the Book of Books here: https://www.archleys.com/?ref=JamVyS-U4mVR LINKS Freakonomics podcast No stupid questions podcast Dubner and Levitt revisit the abortion research and its challenges: https://freakonomics.com/podcast/abortion/ BIG IDEA 1 (5:27) – Correlation is not oranges. There are many examples in the book around correlation not equaling causation. A lot of things require second order thinking, the question of ‘what else’. One example in the book is the famous connection between falling crime rates and the legalisation of abortion, 18-20 years earlier. This shows that answers might be uncomfortable but it doesn’t mean they should be ignored or unexplored.  By digging in a little bit deeper, we make better choices and decisions by using the right information. The authors say that we sometimes need to put away our moral compass when trying to find out what’s really happening. Because we might miss things that we don’t like, but it doesn’t mean they are not true. BIG IDEA 2 (7:46) – Ask the right questions. The right questions might include – what will happen next? There are some examples in the books around unintended consequences as a result of (what seemed like genius) problem solving. We need to ask what else could be causing this, or what else is contributing to this situation.  There was an example in the book about children who are having difficulties at school. Initial thoughts were that these kids weren’t very smart or even lazy. Turns out they just couldn’t see the board at the front of the room. A quick and cheap fix of giving them glasses meant they were able to contribute in class and do much better. There was a whole chapter in the book about understanding the root cause of problems. And understanding whether the cause is really the effect, and whether you helped a symptom or cured the actual problem.  This requires the ability to say ‘I don’t know’ because if you don’t, you won’t be able to ask better questions. And in turn, won’t get better answers and better solutions. BIG IDEA 3 (9:56) – Quit more. The very core of thinking like a freak is the ability to let go. It is letting go of the system, limits, of saying you don’t know and of first order thinking. This can also involve quitting bigger things like jobs, relationships or alcohol, whatever it happens to be. If in doubt whether to quit something or not, toss a coin. It turns out that tossing a coin on a decision can take away the idea of failure, because *we* didn’t fail and quit, the coin told us to do it. Importantly, by quitting more, we can offset the opportunity of carrying on with things that aren’t serving us anymore and waste time that could be spent on other opportunities, tasks, relationships and activities. Music: Is It Hip-Hop by Lighbeats Let’s Connect LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/steph-clarke Instagram: @stephsbizbookshelf Enjoying the show? Please hit subscribe so you don’t miss an episode and leave a review on iTunes to help others find us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we review the incredible book by Dubner and Levitt: Think Like a Freak. With a focus on logical fallacies, why conceptual wisdom is often wrong and why thinking like a child can be so beneficial. Enjoy and Apply! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mdrnac/message

I talk about my L's as a (struggling) entrepreneur in 2020. I get into what I've been up to in the last couple of months, what I've learned that could help accelerate your learning curve.  The books discussed in this episode are: Freakonomics - https://www.amazon.com/Freakonomics-Economist-Explores-Hidden-Everything/dp/0060731338 Think Like A Freak - https://www.amazon.com/Think-Like-Freak-Authors-Freakonomics/dp/0062218344/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Think+like+a+freak&qid=1593056476&s=books&sr=1-1 Outliers - https://www.amazon.com/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0316017930/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=outliers&qid=1593056511&s=books&sr=1-1  Leadership Strategy and Tactics - https://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Strategy-Tactics-Willink/dp/1529032970/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2WFKLQXY7L0JV&dchild=1&keywords=jocko+willink+leadership+strategy+and+tactics&qid=1593056710&s=books&sprefix=jocko+wilink+%2Cstripbooks%2C213&sr=1-3 The Future Is Faster Thank You Think - https://www.amazon.com/Future-Faster-Than-You-Think/dp/1982109661/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=future+book&qid=1593056763&s=books&sr=1-1

In this episode, I have tried to put forth important lessons that I learned after reading a book called “Think Like a Freak” by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner. Also, in the end I mentioned two beautiful quotes that I came across in the book. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sumbul-syed-a-thinker/message

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I am currently in a 30-day challenge to improve my business that involves implementing newer strategies to help differentiate yourself. Today in that challenge, I was asked to write down the reasons why I have yet to take action on something I believe in. I wrote these 3 words. Fear. Embarrassment. Ego. I immediately realized that the FEAR of being EMBARRASSED would lead to a hurt EGO. And honestly, even admitting this out loud and on paper has me feeling a little embarrassed right now. But, what I have also realized is that I’m not the only one to feel this way. I mean, who am I to think that I am some special unicorn that is the only one that carries these limiting beliefs? I remember a couple years ago sitting in the crowd of a packed Tony Robbins event and hearing him repeat over and over…"Real Original” when someone would explain their “unique” situation. He did as a way to show everyone that “we were not alone”. I was reminded of this recently when I started reading Think Like A Freak. A book written by the authors and hosts of the Freakonomics book and podcast. In the book, they lay out a scenario where you are a soccer player lining up for a penalty kick that will win you and your country the World Cup. As you make your approach, you analyze the data to decide which way to kick your shot. You think, “should I go left or right?” Then you notice you have a 7% higher chance of conversion over either side, if you just shoot it straight at the goalie. Statistics show that 98% of the time the goalie will dive one way or the other, only remaining in the center of the goal 2% of the time. What is interesting though is that only 17% of penalty kicks at the elite level are aimed at the center. Now, why if it is statically the highest percentage shot, aren’t more shots going there? Simple… Fear. Embarrassment. Ego. If you shoot to either the right or left and it is blocked or misses wide, no one will fault you. That is what you’re supposed to do. But if you shoot it directly at the goalie and he doesn’t move and blocks it with minimal effort… You look like an idiot and you suck at soccer. The fans will be sure to let you know. Even though, statically speaking, it is a higher percentage shot, it is the public perception that it is a terrible idea. So, you are more likely to sacrifice an increase in probability to make it, in order to reduce the chance of embarrassment for trying something unconventional. The same goes for business as well. I am in an industry that touts practicing very low converting strategies and tactics that haven’t changed much in decades. And if you fail at these then that is ok, you will be told it is a "numbers game" and you get right back out there and knock on another door. But, if you travel outside of the road that has been paved for you and try something new, you’ll have opened yourself up for ridicule if it doesn’t work. The result is, you settle for the road with minimal risks for judgement. While it feels like a much safer road, the rewards also become minimal. When you handcuff yourself with that mentality, you do reduce your risk of failure, but also, significantly reduce your opportunity of eXponential success. Whenever a new opportunity presents itself to you, refuse to pay the F.E.E. The costs are high when you give into… Fear. Embarrassment. Ego. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/learn-for-2/message

When we're young, we have an amazing positive outlook about how great life is going to be. But somewhere along the line we forget to dream and end up settling. Join Up Dots features amazing people who refuse to give up and chose to go after their dreams. This is your blueprint for greatness. So here's your host live from the back of his garden in the UK. David Ralph. Yes, hello there. Good morning to you. Good morning to you and welcome to an episode of a Join Up Dots called "Think like a freak?" Yes. Is it a good thing to think like a freak. Think in ways that other people don't? Or should we be following the herd? Well, Join Up Dots. I've learned many things. Oh, yes, I have. And through the process of doing my podcast, I found that more often than not other podcasters are making it too hard for themselves because they're just following suit from what other people do. And I love the fact of thinking outside the box and trying to do things differently, to get different results. Because honestly, if you go for what everybody else tells you, then, you're going to get what everybody else gets. And that's not what you want. If you look at all the Uber successful people out there, all the inventors, all the explorers, all the creative folk, they've all done things differently. And more often than not at the beginning, they would have been told you can't do it like that. You can't do it like it that. Well, in today's episode, I'm going to teach you how to think like a freak with a few hot dogs, and a story of a Japanese guy called Kobe, And he did something quite remarkable. A few years back, and he's still doing it quite remarkably today. And quite honestly, you look at him, and you look at his results and you think, "How did it happen?" How did it happen? Well, he did things his own way. He thought like a freak, and he found a way of beating all the competition. And that's what I want to prove to you today. So sit back and listen to another story, yes, another story teaching you about Kobe and the hot dog eating contest. Now, today's story is about a Japanese college student who did something remarkable in the kind of unremarkable field now I didn't even know you could do this kind of stuff. But he took on the sort of challenge that most of us wouldn't dream about or even want to. And absolutely smashed it. Now, in the autumn of 2000 a young man who will be come to known as Kobe. Because he's got a very hard name to pronounce. Was studying economics, Youkagi University, i assume that is in Japan. And he lived with his girlfriend Kumi. So it's Kobe and Kumi, and they lit the apartment by candles since they could no longer afford the electricity bill. And neither of them came from a family of significant means Kobe's father was a disciple at a Buddhist temples giving tours about his history, and they were behind on the rent as well. So things weren't good. Now his girlfriend Kumi heard about a contest that paid five grand to the winner. Without telling Kobi, she sent in a postcard to sign him up. It was a televised eating competition. Now, this was on the surface a stupid thing to do. Because Kobe wasn't gluttonous in the least. He is a small bloke, he had a slight build and stood barely five foot eight. He did however, have a strong stomach and a good appetite. As a child, he always cleaned his plate and sometimes the sisters plates too, and it also believe that size could be overrated. Now one of his childhood heroes was a great sumo champion, who was known as the wolf who was relatively light but compensated with superior technique. He overcome the big fatties by doing things in a different way, which is what the story is all about. Now, Kobi reluctantly agreed to enter the contest and he's only chance to was that out think the competition, because these guys had been over eating for years and years and years, so they were used to it. Now at university, he'd been learning about game theory, and now it came in handy. The contest would have four stages boiled potatoes, followed by a seafood bowl, Mongolian mutton BBQ and noodles. Now only the top finishes from each stage would advanced. So Kobi studied earlier multistage eating contest, and he saw that most competitors went so hard in the early rounds. That even if they did advance they were too exhausted and stuffed to do well in the final so it was a compete waste of time. So his strategy was to conserve energy and stomach capacity by eating just enough at each stage to qualify for the next. Now this isn't rocket science, of course. But then these competitors weren't rocket scientists either. They've been doing what they've seen other people do for years and years and years. Now in the final round, Kobe, who had done very well by keeping this technique up, channelled his boyhood Sumo hero and wolfed down enough noodles to win the 5000 Prize and the lights went back on in Kobe's and Kumi's his apartment there was lovemaking under fluorescent strips or whatever they were doing. It was good time in Kobe and Kumi life. Now there was more money to be made in Japanese eating contest. But Kobe having taste amateur success was eager to go pro. So he said his sights on the Super Bowl of competitive eating as a sport is known, the Nathan's famous fourth ofJuly international hot dog eating contest. Now for some four decades. This apparently has been held at Coney Island in New York City, and the New York Times and others had written the contest all the way back to 1916. So it's been going for years and years and years, and it routinely draws more than 1 million viewers on ESPN who wants to see a line of Americans shoving hotdogs down their throat as quickly as possible. Now, the rules are simple. A contestant has to eat as many hot dogs and buns known as HDB as they can in 12 minutes and any HDB or portion thereoff already in the eaters mouth when the final bell rang would count towards his total as long as he swallowed it eventually. Now an eater could be disqualified however, if during the contest a significant amount of HDB that had gone into his mouth came back out. Yes, known in the sport as a reversal of fortune. Now condiments were allowed, but no serious competitor would bother. Beverages were also allowed any kind in unlimited quantity, and in 2001 when Kobe decided to enter, the record stood now get this right at a mind boggling 25 and an eighth HDB in 12 minutes 25. Now at home in Japan, he practised a course. And he had a hard time finding regulation hot dogs. So he used sausages made from minced fish, and instead of buns, he cut up loaves of bread. Now for months, he trained in obscurity. And he arrived at Coney Island in obscurity as well. Nobody knew him. A year earlier the top three four finishers were all Japanese. The rabbit, he held the world record, but this newcomer was not considered a threat. So at some point, he was a high school student. They just laughed at him. One contestant mocked him "Your legs are thinner than my arms." Now. How did he do? How do you think that Kobe did? Well in his very first Coney Island contest. He smoked a field and set a new world record. How many hot dogs and buns would you guess? Yeah, right. The record remember was 25 and an eighth. So what you're going to go with? What you're gonna go with 27. 28 that'd be pretty good. That'd be more than a 10% gain over the old record. Now if you wanted to make a really aggressive guess you might suppose a 20% gain go for 30. But, this little guy with the skinny legs, he ate 50. That's more than four hot dogs and buns per minute, for 12 straight minutes. This slender, 23 year old Kobe full name because we give him his full name because he's done so well Kobayashi had essentially doubled the world record. Now just think about that margin of victory. The Coney Island hotdog contest isn't you know, as famous as the 100 metres run. But his feet in perspective is truly astonishing. This is like getting Usain Bolt to run his race, which was 9.58 seconds at the moment. And he would be taking it down to 4.87 seconds. Running of roughly 46 miles per hour. So he's taken that to like Greyhound or Cheetah standard. Now it's never going to happen. But Kobe did that. Now in his equivalent race he did that. And how did he do that? Well, all of us should be thinking outside the box and doing things a little differently. If we want to get the best results. And sometimes it's copying other people and other times it's doing our own thing. But more often than not, people will just follow suit on what other people do. So our hero Kobayashi. He had just demolished the world record eating hot dogs or hdb's, as we know, them. By eating over 50 in 12 straight minutes. So how did he do it? And how did he win again the following year, and the next four years to pushing the record to 53 and three quarter HDB. Now no past champion at one more than three times much less six in a row. But it wasn't just the winning or the margin of victory that set him apart. The typical competitive eater looked as if he could gobble down Kobayashi himself. He was the kind of man famous in his fraternity house for consuming two entire pizzas and a six pack at one sitting. Meanwhile, our hero was softly spoken, playful and analytical. He was a little guy but he became an international superstar. And in Japan, the enthusiasm for eating contest cooled after a schoolboy choked to death imitating his heroes. Now, it's not good, but Kobe actually found plenty of competition elsewhere setting records in hamburgers, Twinkies, lobster rolls, fish tacos, and more. And a rare defeat came in a one on one TV event in roughly 2.5 minutes. Kobeyshe ate 31 bunless hot dogs, but he's opponent ate 50 . The opponent was a half tonne Kodiak bear. Now, you can see this guy is doing rather well for himself. And initially, his dominance a Coney Island was perplexing, some rivals thought he was cheating. Perhaps he took a muscle relaxant or some other foreign substance to quell the gag reflex. How can he get so many hot dogs right down his mouth. Now it was rumoured to have even swallowed stones to expand his stomach. And there were even whispers yes whispers that Kobayashi represented a Japanese Government plot to humiliate the Americans at a contest held on Independence Day, no less. The conspiracy theories were bound. And they even went so far to actually say that Japanese doctors had surgically implanted a second stomach. Now, none of these charges seem to be true. So how did he? How was he so much better, but everyone else? And this is the lesson that we've been leading up to over the last two days. This is what I want you to start thinking. Now. Scientists met with him on several occasions to try to answer that question. And the first meeting took place one summer evening in New York over dinner in a very small restaurant. And our hero ate daintily, just a small green salad, english Breakfast tea, a bit of duck breast with no sauce. It was hard to imagine, that he was the same guy that was shoving hot dogs in his mouth time and time again. Now, this is how he did it. What he did first of all, was he observed that most Coney Island eaters used a similar strategy, which was not really much of a strategy at all, it was essentially a sped up version of how the average person eats a hot dog at a backyard barbecue. What he noticed was they would pick it up, cram it in their mouth as much as possible the dog and the bun, chew from end to end and then glug some water to wash it down. Now, looking at that he wondered if there was a better way, where it seems to me there's a better way. Now nowhere was it written for instance, that a dog must be eaten end to end. This is just how everybody's always done it. He's first experiment was simple. What would happen if he broke the dog and been in half before eating? Now, this he found afforded more options for chewing and loading, ie shoving it in his mouth. And it also his hands do some of the work that would otherwise occupy his mouth. Now this manoeuvre would come to be known as the Solomon method after the biblical King Solomon, who settled a maternity dispute by threatening to slice a baby into two pieces. Yeah, getting a bit serious here. It's eating a bloody hot dog, nothing more than that anyway. Now, Kobeashye now questioned another conventional practice eating the dog and bun together. Now it wasn't surprising that everyone did this, the dogs nested there, it's in there, comfortably held in the bun. And when we eat for pleasure, we kind of eat the two together, it's a combination of taste. But he wasn't eating for pleasure. Now chewing a dog and bun together he discovered created a density conflict, there was too much kind of stuff in his mouth. And so what he did instead was he started removing the dog from the bun. Now he fed himself a handful of bunless dogs, broken in half, followed by around the buns. It was like a one man factory working towards a kind of specialisation, that had made economists hearts beat faster since the days of Adam Smith. So he's totally changing the way things are done. Now as easily as he was able to swallow the hotdog, you imagine big sort of sausage thing sliding down your throat. Liked a train dolphin, he's very good at doing that. What he struggled with was the bun. Now the bun, was kind of doughyy and just filled up his mouth very difficult to swallow. So what he started to do was while he was feeding the sausages, or the hot dog, dow his throat, he would get the band, and he would squeeze it in to the water. He would squeeze the bun into the water, make it all sort of soggy. So then, when he squeezed most of the excess water out and shoved it in his mouth, this would actually slide down easier. Now the brilliant thing about this was when he didn't have to stop to have a drink at the end other competitors, because he was always getting his liquid at the same go. Now, he also spiked the water with vegetable oil to see if that would help swallowing now, that didn't really work. But he's experimentation was endless. And he videotaped the training sessions, and recorded all these data in a spreadsheet, hunting for inefficiencies and lost milliseconds. Now, do we do this in our life? Do we look at how we're doing? Do we look at where we can save time? Of course we don't. But he did. And that's why you're going to do it, you're going to think like a freak. Now what he also did was experimented with pace. Was it better to go hard, the first four minutes, ease off during the middle four and sprint towards the end? Or maintain a steady pace through out, he tried everything. And he found a fast start was the best way of doing it, he found that getting a lot of sleep was especially important. So was weight training, strong muscles aided in eating and helping him and he did everything he could to change what they were doing for years and years and years to find a better way. And when he put it all together, he found that he's physical preparations could produce an elevated mental state to in ordinary cases, he said,"eating so much for 10 minutes, the last two minutes are the toughest moments and you worry. But if you get great concentration, then it's enjoyable, you feel pain and suffering. However, as you feel it, you feel more excited. And that's when the highness is upon you. " So let's think about that. Right? So we now know how he's done that. And he knows that the end of his journey was the hardest. That was the bit way when he really had to push through and get it over the finishing line. So the reason we've been talking about that story was look at your own life, are you just replicating what everybody else is doing? Because if that's the case, you only going to get the same results? Why don't you look at things, break it down and think to yourself, maybe I can do this quicker? Maybe there's a better way of doing this? Why am I doing this? Now in Join Up Dots land? There's a lot of stuff that podcasters tell me "are you doing this are you doing that are you posting on Instagram" Are you do talk to any of it can't be bothered, and I don't see the point in it. But what I do, I do very, very well. And that brings about the biggest results. And the more you do, what brings about the biggest results, the more successful you will be. So start thinking like a freak, you've got a lifetime of thinking inside the box once you die. So start thinking outside the box, and like Kobeayshe. And I suppose in a very small way, like myself, you can create huge success in your life by doing things your own way. And believe me, there is nothing better than having a line of people going "How you doing this? How you doing this? And you just smile at them, and shove another hot dog in your mouth. It's rude to speak with your mouthful after all. Go out and do your own thing. And to summarise it all/ I suppose number one, watch and observe how others do stuff. Just watch. Just watch closely. And then try to find the small improvements trying to do the things, which will just bring a small incremental gain. The kind of things that the other people haven't spotted because they're just following suit from everybody else. And then ignore everyone else when somebody comes along "Says you can't do that. You can't do that. "Go. I'm a freak. I'm a freak. And I'm proud of it. And then test test test to find even more improvements in that process. And little by little you will think like a freak, and you will have a great time doing it too. Until next time. Thank you so much for listening to Join Up Dots. If anybody needs any help in any regard. Drop us a line you know where to get us. Join Up dots@gmail.com or Join Up dots.com You can find us in both places. And we will see you on the episode. Look out for yourselves. Cheers. Bye bye.

In Folge 7 ist Marion wieder zu Gast, unsere Expertin für Strategie und Design Thinking. Wir widmen uns folgenden Büchern: "Think like a Freak - Andersdenker erreichen mehr im Leben" von Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner Die besprochenen Highlights aus dem Buch: Marion berichtet wieder wie Freaks denken. Durch schlaue Schachzüge bringen sie Menschen dazu sich selbst zu enttarnen und sie agieren nach dem Mantra “Menschen reagieren auf Anreize”. "Morgen ist heute gestern - Eine optimistische Reise in die Zukunft." von Mark Stevenson Highlights aus dem Buch: Bei Susanne geht es futuristisch zu mit AInimals - also künstliche Intelligenzen und wie sie die wissenschaftliche Forschung beschleunigen und was sie mit dem Klassiker "Per Anhalter durch die Galaxies" zu tun haben. Außerdem stellen wir die Frage, ob Roboter-Rassismus ein Thema werden könnte.

In Folge 4 widmen wir uns folgenden Büchern: The Year of Living Danishly von Helen Russel Die besprochenen Highlights aus dem Buch: Einerseits warum Design bei den Dänen wichtig ist und welchen Effekt das hat - Stichwort: Broken Window Effekt. Andererseits der Blickwinkel auf Arbeitszeit in Dänemark als Inspiration für mehr Effizienz statt mehr Anwesenheit, was durchaus auch kritisch zu betrachten ist. Think like a Freak - Andersdenker erreichen mehr im Leben von Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner Highlights aus den Buch: Einerseits, die Erklärung warum unsere Emotionen und Ängste unser Handeln bestimmen und andererseits, warum zu Denken wie ein Freak bedeutet, hier öfter mal Daten sprechen zu lassen.

Dr. Gary Lewandowski shares a surprising study from "Think Like a Freak" about flipping a coin to break up with a partner. Episode 029: Should You Break Up With Your Partner? Think Like a Freak by Gary Lewandowski of Science of Relationships (Breaking Up). ScienceOfRelationships.com was founded on the premise that relationships are a central part of life and that our understanding of relationships benefits from research and scientific evidence. They also believe this information is most beneficial when presented in an engaging and entertaining fashion. They take research findings from the fields of psychology, family studies, sociology, communication, evolutionary biology, and others, and put them in a format that you can use. Get their book: http://scienceofrelationships.com/book The original post is located here: http://www.scienceofrelationships.com/home/2014/6/16/should-you-break-up-with-your-partner-think-like-a-freak.html Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts

The books 'Freakonomics' and 'SuperFreakonomics' have been worldwide sensations, selling tens of millions of copies. They have come to stand for challenging conventional wisdom using data rather than emotion. Questions they examine are typically: Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? How much do parents really matter? Why is chemotherapy prescribed so often if it’s so ineffective? Now the books’ two authors, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, have turned what they’ve learned into a readable and practical toolkit for thinking smarter, harder, and different – thinking, that is, like a Freak. On 28th May they came to Intelligence Squared to discuss their new Frequel, 'Think Like a Freak'. By analysing the plans we form and the morals we choose, they showed how their insights can be applied to help us make smarter decisions in our daily lives. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Take a new perspective on your creative process. This episode presents some of my favorite quotes from the book Think Like A Freak by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. How can we apply these ideas to imagination and creation? The book written by the team behind the Freakonomics book and podcast. Here’s some favorite quotes from the book andContinue reading "Tips to Change Your Perspective: Uncanny Creativity 38" The post Tips to Change Your Perspective: Uncanny Creativity 38 appeared first on Uncanny Creativity.

Take a new perspective on your creative process. This episode presents some of my favorite quotes from the book Think Like A Freak by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. How can we apply these ideas to imagination and creation? The book written by the team behind the Freakonomics book and podcast. Here’s some favorite quotes from the book and […]The post Tips to Change Your Perspective: Uncanny Creativity 38 appeared first on Uncanny Creativity.

February Leadership Book Club Members: Jennifer Lamkins, Christin Sullivan, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: This week we finish our discussion with pages 105-212 of Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. Available … Continue reading →

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In this month's addition of Tim and Raef's Reads we discuss the book Think Like a Freak by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

It's Episode 27 and our book this time around was Think Like A Freak by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. (http://www.pagebreakpodcast.com/podcast/27-think-like-a-freak)

Stephen Dubner co-author of Think Like a Freak discusses how to challenge conventional thinking and improve your decision-making. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Freaks and nerds unite! Freakonomics' Stephen Dubner teaches Tricia and Greta how to think like a freak. Plus a portrait of astronaut Sally Ride on the anniversary of her first trip to space, news Freaks (and Geeks) can rejoice over and your Cosmos-related #nerdconfessions.

大胃王小林尊第一次參加國際吃熱狗大賽，便將紀錄提高一倍。有別於其他競爭者，他煩惱的不是如何吞下更多熱狗，而是如何讓熱狗變得更容易吃。跳脫僵化的思考框架，不僅幫他吞下更多熱狗，也能幫助你解決更多難題。參見原書網址。

大胃王小林尊第一次參加國際吃熱狗大賽，便將紀錄提高一倍。有別於其他競爭者，他煩惱的不是如何吞下更多熱狗，而是如何讓熱狗變得更容易吃。跳脫僵化的思考框架，不僅幫他吞下更多熱狗，也能幫助你解決更多難題。參見原書網址。

The books Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics have been worldwide sensations, selling tens of millions of copies. They have come to stand for challenging conventional wisdom using data rather than emotion. Questions they examine are typically: Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? How much do parents really matter? Why is chemotherapy prescribed so often if it’s so ineffective? Now the books’ two authors, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, have turned what they’ve learned into a readable and practical toolkit for thinking smarter, harder, and different – thinking, that is, like a Freak. On 28th May they came to Intelligence Squared to discuss their new Frequel, Think Like a Freak. By analysing the plans we form and the morals we choose, they showed how their insights can be applied to help us make smarter decisions in our daily lives. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, James asked one of his favorite guests, Stephen Dubner, to join the show and talk about his newest book, Think Like a Freak.Just like his previous bestseller, Freakonomics, you'll hear James and Stephen talk about how his new book also infuses the power of storytelling... If you don't already know the secret purpose, you'll hear it here!Stephen's newest book gives practical advice on how to think outside of the box and how to solve problems from an economic perspective.He explains to our listeners that "in order for a piece of writing to be successful, you have to be really good at both logic and rhetoric." What Stephen has to share will certainly have your idea-muscle breaking a sweat... His recipe for greatness is revealed. and you'll get incredibly valuable behind-the-scenes knowledge.Get ready, because once again, James has found another completely unconventional guest to deliver priceless knowledge and information that you just can't get anywhere else!It's rare to come across an individual that sees the world so differently than anyone else.Here is where you will learn how to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally, and most importantly, a bit unusual... Do you have what it takes to Think Like a Freak? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephen Dubner and Steve Levitt talk about their new book and field questions about prestige, university life, and (yum yum) bacon.