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A counterintuitive way to become more clear, creative, and persistent, via a writer who calls himself a \\u201chuman guinea pig.\\u201d

A.J. Jacobs is an author, journalist, podcaster, and human guinea pig. His new podcast \\u201cThe Puzzler\\u201d is produced by iHeart and is in the Top 20 Apple Podcasts. He has written four New York Times bestsellers that combine memoir, science, humor and a dash of self-help. Among his books are \\u201cThe Year of Living Biblically\\u201d and \\u201cThe Know-It-All.\\u201d He has told several Moth stories, has given several TED talks that have amassed over 10 million views. His latest book is \\u201cThe Puzzler,\\u201d which Booklist called \\u201cridiculously entertaining,\\u201d and The New York Times called \\u201ca romp, both fun and funny.\\u201d 

In this episode we talk about:

• The \\u201cpuzzle mindset\\u201d and how it can change the way you approach your problems 
• Creating a puzzle that will take billions of years to solve
• How puzzles can help us during dark times
• The dark side of the puzzling world
• How his gratitude project made him better at talking to himself
•  Learning to appreciate everyday objects and people he sees all the time
• How pretending to be a good person helped him actually learn to be one \\u2013 most of the time

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