Bratmicae here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness podcast. Whether

you're a businessman, a statesman, a general, or a parent, you're strategizing on a daily

basis. So how can you do it better? Well, my guest today will write some insights. His

name is Barry Nellbuff. He's a Game Theory expert in the author of the book The Art of

Strategy, a Game Theory Sky to Success in Business and Life. And on the show today, Barry

Knight discuss how Game Theory can help you make better strategic decisions in all sorts

of situations. For example, we explore why threatening to punish your child's sibling

for bad behavior might be a more effective strategy than threatening to punish the child

himself. I know that sounds mocky of Ellen Bull explaining the reasoning behind that.

We'll discuss what Donald Trump can teach us about the promise and perils of injecting

randomness into your strategy. We also talk about how you can employ Game Theory against

yourself to lose weight or even quit smoking. After the show is over, check out the show

notes at a-w-m-dot-i-s-slash-game-theory.

Barry Nellbuff, welcome to the show. Thanks for inviting me.

So you're the co-author of a book called The Art of Strategy. It's about strategic thinking

in a particularly Game Theory, which is topic I've long been interested in. But before

we get into the specifics of Game Theory, what it is, let's talk about strategy broadly.

How do you and your co-author define strategic thinking in your book? What is strategy really?

Strategy is different from decision making. And the reason is that there are other people's

decisions that end up mattering. So when a lumberjack cuts down a tree or an engineer

builds a bridge, that bridge isn't responding, isn't thinking. The tree isn't a strategic

player. But when you make decisions in the real world, the success of your actions depends

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