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Feb 2018
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#117 The Dumb Things We All Do - "Predic...

KEVIN CONWELL
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Get the transcript at www.feelgoodenglish.com 

Today I have some ideas from a very interesting book called "Predictably Irrational" by Dan Ariely. And the main point in this book, the overall message is that much of our behavior is misguided, irrational. Through research and study, the author has found that a lot of this irrational behavior is also predictable, which means there are very human, and natural reasons we behave this way.  

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