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37 AJ Jacobs: Experiments in Lifestyle, Fitness, and Self Improvement

The School of Greatness

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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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