
37 AJ Jacobs: Experiments in Lifestyle, Fitness, and Self Improvement
The School of Greatness
What's the Biggest Takeaway?
The idea of fake it till you make it was huge in this experiment and all experiments. There's a great quote by a guy who founded Habitat for Humanity, which is, it's easier to act your way into a new way of thinking than to think your way into acting. So that's the key act as if. And I forced myself to go to the hospital. Once you're there, it sort of tricks your mind and you're like, oh, I'm in the hospital visiting a friend, I must be compassionate. You become a little more compassionate.
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