Stuff They Should Have Taught You In School

The Stuff They Should Have Taught You In School Podcast

EP265 The secret power of reversibility in decision making

Learn how understanding which decisions can be undone transforms your ability to act quickly and confidently, plus discover the simple framework that Amazon used to become one of the world's fastest-moving companies.

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EP263 The Art of Helping Others without Burning Out

How can you make a real difference in the lives of others without losing sight of your own well-being? This episode explores practical ways to help—at work, at home, and in your community—while protecting your energy and maintaining balance.

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EP254 How the 2-Minute Rule Can Change Your Life

Learn how the 2-Minute Rule can eliminate decision fatigue and mental clutter by turning small tasks into immediate action, with practical strategies you can implement today.

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EP253 When Boredom Becomes Your Superpower

Discover why embracing boredom instead of constantly seeking stimulation can unlock creativity, deepen focus, and lead to breakthrough insights you never knew were possible.

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EP249 The Truth About Productivity Nobody Tells You

Discover why your productivity apps and life hacks are making you busier instead of more effective, and learn the counterintuitive approach that actually moves the needle on what matters most.

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EP248 The Rubber Duck method for solving everyday problems

Learn how talking to an inanimate object can unlock solutions to your toughest problems, using a debugging technique that's helped programmers for decades solve everything from work conflicts to life decisions.

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EP247 Regression to the Mean

Extreme performances naturally return to average over time, but we keep attributing this to curses, interventions, or personal failure.

Understand why the Sports Illustrated "curse" exists, why miracle cures often disappoint, and how to avoid overreacting to temporary highs and lows.

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EP246 The Planning Fallacy

Every project takes twice as long and costs twice as much as expected - from kitchen renovations to the Sydney Opera House.

Learn why our brains are wired for unrealistic optimism and get practical tools to make accurate estimates that actually stick.

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EP245 Anchoring Bias

The first number you hear completely warps every decision that follows - even when it's totally random. 

Discover how retailers, negotiators, and salespeople use anchoring to manipulate your spending, and learn practical strategies to set your own anchors first.

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EP244 The Paradox of Choice

Why does having thousands of Netflix options make you less happy than when you had just 3 TV channels? 

The paradox of choice explains why too many options paralyse us and leave us less satisfied. 

Learn why constraints are actually freedom and how to make better decisions faster.

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EP243 Survivorship Bias

Ever wonder why everyone else seems to be crushing life on social media while you're struggling? 

Why do we think success is more common than it actually is? 

Survivorship bias means we only hear from the winners while millions of failures stay silent. 

Learn how to make better decisions by seeing the full picture.

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EP242 Same Event, Different Story

When Trump proposed eliminating tip taxes, CBS called it a "$250 billion cost." When Harris backed the same policy, CBS said she was "fighting for workers." 

Same story, different spin. Learn how to read between the headlines and avoid media manipulation.

And it’s not just the news, all stories have different side.

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EP241 Tax the rich? Or bite hand that feeds you

The top 10% of Americans pay 72% of all income taxes - but is that fair, or should it be more? Or less?

We dive into the age-old debate between taxing the wealthy and keeping the economy thriving, with surprising insights about what the rich really care about.

Perfect for anyone who loves discovering the "why" behind everyday patterns and wants to use psychology to their advantage.

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EP240 Principle of Least Effort

Ever wonder why some words are used way more than others, or why a few massive cities exist while most towns stay tiny? It's all thanks to something called the "principle of least effort" - basically, humans are brilliantly lazy and it shapes everything around us.

In this episode, we dive into George Zipf's mind-blowing discovery that when millions of people independently choose the easiest path, it creates predictable patterns everywhere - from your daily vocabulary to why Amazon dominates to how social media algorithms work.

We'll break down what this principle actually is, share real-world examples you can spot today, and give you practical ways to use this knowledge in your own life. Whether you're trying to build better habits, understand why certain trends explode, or just want to see the hidden forces shaping society, this one will change how you see the world.

Perfect for anyone who loves discovering the "why" behind everyday patterns and wants to use psychology to their advantage.

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EP239 Galls law

Gall's Law states that "a complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked." In other words, you can't build complex systems from scratch - they have to grow from working simple systems.

What does this mean in practice and how do we apply it. 

Also I cover an important caveat to this law.

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EP238 Goodhart's Law

Goodhart's Law states: when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.

What does this mean and how can we use it?

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EP237 Peter Principle

Why is it that great employees make terrible managers?
And what can we do about it?

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EP236 law of diminishing returns

Ever wonder why that third slice of pizza doesn't hit the same as the first? Or why working 12 hours straight is less productive than focused 2-hour sessions? Welcome to the law of diminishing returns - one of the most powerful principles for optimising your life and business.

In this episode, we break down why more isn't always better and how to recognise when you're hitting the point of diminishing returns in everything from fitness and productivity to marketing spend and relationships.

What You'll Learn:

• The core principle behind diminishing returns and why it shows up everywhere
• Real-world examples from fitness, work, business, and personal relationships
• Practical frameworks to optimse your resource allocation, goal setting, time management, business decisions, and relationships

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EP235 How understanding cognitive biases can change your life

What are cognitive biases, how do these impact us and what can we do.

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EP234 Credit Management

What is credit, why do we want to use it, is all credit bad…all and more will be answered

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EP233 (Re)building Your Credit Score

Struggling with a low credit score? 

You’re not alone-and you’re not stuck!

In this episode, we break down exactly what a credit report is, the common mistakes that can tank your score, and the most effective ways to bounce back. 

Whether you’ve missed a few payments or faced bigger setbacks, you’ll get practical, step-by-step tips to repair your credit and boost your financial future. 

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EP232 The Productivity Trap

Why being "busy" isn't the same as being effective, and how our obsession with productivity might actually be making us less accomplished and more burnt out.

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EP231 We Want Change

I explain the paradox of change, why do we want and fear change at the same time.

Do we really want change? Is this even a question that can be answered.

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EP230 The Motivation Paradox

Society and school indicate motivation is some crazy thing that just comes and then you can do xyz action for 10 days straight. This is completely backwards to how motivation works.

In this episode I explain how motivation works and what you can do

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EP229 Problem Solve

Problem solving develops you so could be seen as a positive but do we need to do it ourselves the whole time.

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EP228 Stocks, Bonds & Mutual Funds

In this episode, I explain what Stocks, Bonds & Mutual Fund are and touch on dollar cost averaging

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EP227 Your Credit Score

What is a credit score and how to use it to your advantage

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EP226 Why Governments Need Inflation

What is inflation?
Why do governments want it?
What happens if the opposite of inflation (deflation) happens?
How do we use inflation to our advantage?
All will be answered in todays episode

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EP225 Basic Home Maintenance

A little bit of knowledge can prevent big problems.

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EP224 Mental Health Literacy

Take time to learn about mental health and work on your mind.

Do this as a proactive approach rather than reactive when it may be forced upon you.

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EP223 Decision Fatigue

Avoid micro decisions on things that don’t really matter for this drains your mental energy.

Make good quality decisions on what’s important to you.

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Episode 222 Time Audit

Time, the most valuable and scarce resource can disappear faster than you think.

Where does your time go and where do you want it to go?

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Episode 221 You Cannot Manage What You Do Not Measure

If you wish for anything to improve or to manage anything such as finances, you must measure or monitor it.

Otherwise it’s a guessing game.

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Episode 220 Good vs Bad Debt

Not all debt is bad.

Did you know you can leverage debt to make money?

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EP219 Save Tax by Spending Smart

Most people run away from maths and therefore run away from taxes.

The tax rules are there to help you save tax.

Start now and get educated

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Episode 218 Financial Freedom

Financial Freedom - when you have enough money coming in so you don’t have to work

In this episode I explain what financial freedom is, why we want it and how the average person can attain it

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Episode 217 Are Stocks Fake Assets?

I’ve invested in stocks but now I have learned more and here I share whether or not you should invest in stocks and if they are in fact an asset.

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Episode 216 Fake Teachers

Did you know that some teachers are fake and some are real.

You’ll learn more from a real teacher. 

In this episode I start to explain all.

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