Ben Gilbert: commitment

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…You'll find it again in six months or so when you're cleaning out your basement. This book is a super cool concept. It was written (I think) in 1980. The idea is about major transitions in your life. It could be a good transition like having a baby, welcoming a new family member. It could be a bad transition like a death in the family, career related, losing a job, or something like that. The thesis of the book is that when this happens in your life—and it will many times; it's going to sound a little gruesome—you need to kill your old self and be reborn as your new self. That sounds super woo-woo, but if you actually think about it, it makes sense. Your identity who you thought you were before a major transition has to change. There is no way around it, and you'll go through the five stages of denial, anger, blah-blah-blah, all this stuff. This book is a great way to streamline that process, but you have to accept that you that you were before is no longer, and then you can create the new you. I found it incredibly helpful both for big challenges in my life and for great positive stuff like having a baby. All right, that's awesome. I will watch my front doorstep. My third one is a classic Thinking Fast and Slow by Kahneman and Tversky. It's just everything you think you know about the way your brain perceives the world and how you make decisions is wrong. Reading it doesn't make you get any better, but at least it makes you aware of how wrong your decision making is unless you pay unbelievably close attention, write down exactly why the decision is being made, look at all the data, and even then you'll probably get it wrong. Ben, there is a very fun Easter egg that is going to be buried later in this episode for you to find related to this book recommendation.…

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