Back to Work Episode 410: The Childhood Cocktail
Jan 22, 2019
01:01:23
DISCUSSED: dreams and whether people like hearing them; turns out: Merlin recommends a podcast episode about mental stuff; practice vs. rehearsal; visualization as a rehearsal thing; follow-up on science fair projects; our new, post-search-engine habits; Math is hard; Merlin didn't get Anna's emails; cool screen-grabbing mojo; and Dan reviews excellent listener book recommendations.
Links for this episode:
- 363. Think Like a Winner — Freakonomics Radio — Overcast
Great athletes aren’t just great at the physical stuff. They’ve also learned how to handle pressure, overcome fear, and stay focused. Here’s the good news: you don’t have to be an athlete to use what they know.
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- The Chronicles of Prydain: Lloyd Alexander: 8601200472110: Amazon.com: Books
- The Dark Is Rising Sequence: Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark Is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King; Silver on the Tree: Susan Cooper: 9781442489677: Amazon.com: Books
- Sub-Human (Post-Human): David Simpson, Autumn J. Conley, Jennifer Simpson: 9781478343981: Amazon.com: Books
- Wool: Hugh Howey: 9781476733951: Amazon.com: Books
- Amazon.com: So You Want to Be a Wizard: The First Book in the Young Wizards Series (9780152162504): Diane Duane: Books
- Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians): Brandon Sanderson, Hayley Lazo: 9780765378941: Amazon.com: Books
- Amazon.com: Skyward (9780399555770): Brandon Sanderson: Books
- Amazon.com: The Last Magician (9781481432085): Lisa Maxwell: Books
- Amazon.com: Divergent Series Four-Book Paperback Box Set: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, Four (0752423331765): Veronica Roth: Books
- Amazon.com: The Maze Runner Series Complete Collection Boxed Set (5-Book) (9781524771034): James Dashner: Books
- Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire: John August: 9781250294258: Amazon.com: Books
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- Bartimaeus Series 4 Book Set including: The Amulet of Samarkand / The Golem's Eye / Ptolemy's Gate / Ring of Solomon Prequel: Jonathan Stroud: 0719534865596: Amazon.com: Books
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- The Land of Stories Complete Paperback Gift Set: Chris Colfer: 9780316480840: Amazon.com: Books
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- Amazon.com: Redwall (9780142302378): Brian Jacques, Gary Chalk: Books
- Amazon’s Wish List with Stacy Mitchell — Why Is This Happening? with Chris Hayes — Overcast
What does Amazon want from us? For consumers, Amazon can be a frictionless gateway to find everything from bed frames to dog food, baby clothes to award winning original tv series. There’s nothing quite like it – a position they’re in not by accident but by design.
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