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Esquire Magazine editor-at-large and bestselling author A.J. Jacobs joins the show to discuss his experimental approach to life.\nJacobs, whose TED Talks have been viewed more than 3 million times, shares best practices around motivation, habits, confidence, boosting happiness, and optimizing creativity.\nIn this episode:\n-- Discover the benefits that come from frequently changing your habits\n--\xa0Learn why "fake it 'til you become it" is A.J.'s secret weapon for habit development.\n-- Explore how extreme gratitude can transform your mindset.\n-- Hear a cautionary tale of healthy living gone wrong.\n-- Learn how to make any career or business connection by unearthing the way in which you're distant cousins (as everyone on earth is, at most, roughly 70th cousins)\nPlus, hear a hilarious story about Jacobs revealing his entire sexual history to actress Scarlett Johansson.\nThis episode originally aired in 2017. \nWe're sharing this as part of\xa0GREATEST\xa0HITS\xa0WEEK, a 5-day series in which we're sharing 5 episodes, across 5 days, that we produced during the earliest years of the Afford Anything podcast. You may have missed it then; enjoy it now.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices