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Think Like a Freak

Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

How do you solve hard problems when the easy ones have already evaporated and the rest take real data and time?

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Author
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

Why read it

  • You will get comfortable saying I don't know, and stop pretending to have answers you lack
  • You will question the idea that a quitter never wins and learn when quitting done right has a huge upside
  • You will learn to look at a problem everyone has already studied and find a new way to attack it

Who it is for

  • A manager stuck on a problem others have failed to solve
  • A parent or teacher trying to change a stubborn child's behavior
  • Anyone deciding whether to quit a project or career

Contents

  1. 1. What Does It Mean to Think Like a Freak?
  2. 2. The Three Hardest Words in the English Language
  3. 3. What’s Your Problem?
  4. 4. Like a Bad Dye Job, the Truth Is in the Roots
  5. 5. Think Like a Child
  6. 6. Like Giving Candy to a Baby
  7. 7. What Do King Solomon and David Lee Roth Have in Common?
  8. 8. How to Persuade People Who Don’t Want to Be Persuaded
  9. 9. The Upside of Quitting

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