#70 Scott Adams: Avoiding Loserthink
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A typical artist says, I've made this great art. If you don't like it, well, there's something wrong with you. There's sort of an ego that comes with art. But I lacked that type of artistic ego because I came from a a different path. I was a business person. Art was a thing I was trying to do. Welcome to the Knowledge Project, a long-form conversation hosted by Shane Parrish. Our goal is simple, to learn something new in every conversation that makes us a little bit smarter than yesterday.
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Today I'm speaking with Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip and the author of LoserTink. We explore how Dilbert came to be and why a simple change, such as adding an email address, turned it into one of the most popular comics in the world. You dive into persuasion and spend a lot of time on cognitive tools and tricks that can help us think better. Including how to deal with critics. It's time to listen and learn. Scott, I'm so glad to have you on the show. Well, thanks for having me. As I was prepping for this I noticed in one of your interviews with Naval you asked him if he was gonna give his own introduction, what would it be? And I'm gonna flip that around on you. If you were gonna give your own introduction
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