684: Achieving More by Tapping into the Science of Less with Leidy Klotz

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🗓️ 12 July 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Leidy Klotz reveals how to access the untapped potential of subtraction to make work and life more efficient.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) What Legos can teach us about smarter problem-solving

2) The trick to overcoming your brain’s bias for addition

3) How subtracting leaves us with more

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— ABOUT LEIDY —

Leidy Klotz is a Professor at the University of Virginia, where he directs the university’s Convergent Behavioral Science Initiative and is appointed in the Schools of Engineering, Architecture, and Business. His research on the science of problem-solving has appeared in both Nature and Science and has been covered in The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post among national newspapers on five continents.

• Leidy’s book: Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less

• Twitter: @Leidyklotz

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: “Buying time promotes happiness” by Ashley Whillans, Elizabeth Dunn, et al.

• Book: The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children by Alison Gopnik

• Book: No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson

• Book: The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson

• Author: Eduardo Galeano

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0:00.0	Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast.
0:04.2	The show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required
0:08.6	to flourish at work.
0:10.2	Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money with your host, Pete Makaitas.
0:16.1	Hello, and thanks so much for joining us here for episode 684 with Lighty Clots.
0:23.6	Lighty brings a fresh perspective that has kind of changed the way I think about.
0:29.4	Thanks to every problem I'm trying to solve ever, and increases my options available and
0:34.9	has already made some cool impacts.
0:36.6	So I think you'll love what he has to say about the power of subtraction and how it can
0:42.5	actually result in you achieving more.
0:44.3	So you'll learn one, what LEGOs can teach us about smarter problem solving, two, the
0:48.3	trick to overcoming your brain's bias for addition, and three, how subtracting leaves
0:52.6	us with more.
0:53.6	So if you want to check out the show notes or the transcript or the links to answering
0:56.0	your reference, please drop on by awesome at your job.com slash EP684.
1:01.3	If you haven't already, I recommend you check out some of the cool stuff we got there,
1:04.3	such as the Golden Nugget email list, which provides summary insight and wisdom from
1:08.2	all of our guests and a handy note you can read right from your inbox in about two minutes,
1:13.5	as well as unlocking the whole archive of 684 of these such summaries.
1:18.6	We call them the Golden Nuggets at awesome at your job.com.
1:21.0	Now here's Lighty's story.
1:22.4	Lighty Clots is a professor at the University of Virginia where he directs the university's
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