Esquire Magazine editor-at-large and bestselling author A.J. Jacobs joins the show to discuss his experimental approach to life.

Jacobs, whose TED Talks have been viewed more than 3 million times, shares best practices around motivation, habits, confidence, boosting happiness, and optimizing creativity.

In this episode:

-- Discover the benefits that come from frequently changing your habits

-- Learn why "fake it 'til you become it" is A.J.'s secret weapon for habit development.

-- Explore how extreme gratitude can transform your mindset.

-- Hear a cautionary tale of healthy living gone wrong.

-- Learn how to make any career or business connection by unearthing the way in which you're distant cousins (as everyone on earth is, at most, roughly 70th cousins)

Plus, hear a hilarious story about Jacobs revealing his entire sexual history to actress Scarlett Johansson.

This episode originally aired in 2017.

We're sharing this as part of GREATEST HITS WEEK, a 5-day series in which we're sharing 5 episodes, across 5 days, that we produced during the earliest years of the Afford Anything podcast. You may have missed it then; enjoy it now.

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