There's a line that selling is overcoming objections.

And I see probability hacking as a similar discipline. Essentially, we have something

that we want to happen. Reality has some objections to that

because our goal comes at the opportunity cost

of all these other potential outcomes.

And it's our job with sell life on the future that we want.

Try to overcome these objections,

take these risks off the table,

and make it where our path is the path of least resistance.

Oh, resistance. That's Kyle Austin Young. He's an award-winning strategy consultant who started his career as a product

development director at just 21 years old. He shares his methods for accomplishing

that near impossible feat, which you can apply to your own goals. In his latest book,

Success is a Numbers game. Achieve bigger goals by changing the odds. Kyle offers powerful

tools to make the most of this new year or anything you want to make happen. So you'll learn

one, the thinking trap that accounts for most failures. Two,

the four paths to success. And three, why thinking negative improves your odds. And if it's your

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I'm Pete McItis. This is How to Be Awesome at Your Job. And now here's Kyle.

Kyle, welcome. Thank you for having me. I'm excited to be here.

Well, I'm excited to talk about success and numbers, two of my favorite things, Kyle.

Good for you. This is a good fit.

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