Ben Cohen - The Hidden Art of Making Things Better (Ep. 319)

Better is always out there for people who can find it. And I think that there are all sorts of ways of achieving better, nurturing that. sentiment. Um, and that mentality I think is really important. When I'm writing a column, I've had to think Every time I'm staring at the blank document and the blinking cursor, I have to convince myself like if you think this is interesting. Somebody else will too. And in some ways, that's like, oh, there's a better way of covering this story. And this is the way. It's not making something new. It's taking something that already exists and making it better.

Welcome to this week's episode of Infinite Loops. My name is Jimmy Sone, I'm the editor in chief of Infinite Books, and I'm filling in for Jim O'Shaughnessy. This week's guest is Wall Street Journal's Ben Cohen. Ben is best known for his science of success column. We cover All kinds of ground in this conversation. Please enjoy this week's episode of Infinite Oops.

Ben Cullen, thank you for coming on into the loops. Thanks for having me. Yeah, I'm really excited about this. Um This has been something I've been looking forward to for a while because I've been a The widest range of things that somebody I know writes about. Like out there. Like it it is

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