Dan Heath | Upstream Thinking & Moment Making
Good Life Project
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🗓️ 2 July 2020
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Dan Heath is the co-author, along with his brother, Chip, of four New York Times bestselling books: Made to Stick, Switch, Decisive, and The Power of Moments. The Heath Brothers’ books have sold over three million copies worldwide and been translated into 33 languages. But, interesting, separated by 10 years, the two weren't super close until they began to collaborate later in life. Their work has transformed not only the lives of millions of readers, but along the way, two brothers as well. Dan’s new book - his first solo release - Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen (https://amzn.to/3hmfMC7) debuted in March 2020 and was an instant Wall Street Journal bestseller. Dan is a Senior Fellow at Duke University’s CASE center, which supports entrepreneurs who are fighting for social good. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.
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Website : https://heathbrothers.com/books/upstream/
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| 0:00.0 | My guest today is Dan Heath. |
| 0:08.6 | So Dan is a senior fellow at Duke University's case center, which supports entrepreneurs who |
| 0:15.0 | are fighting for social good. |
| 0:16.7 | And he's also the co-author of a series of mega best-selling books made to stick, switch, |
| 0:23.9 | decisive, the power of moments. |
| 0:26.5 | And he co-wrote those with his brother, Chip. |
| 0:29.2 | They've kind of come to be known as the Heath Brothers. |
| 0:32.4 | Collectively, they have sold over 3 million copies that have been translated into 30-something |
| 0:37.6 | languages. |
| 0:38.6 | Funny enough, Dan and Chip actually have a pretty large age gap between them. |
| 0:43.6 | And it was the decision to start writing together later in life that really deepened their |
| 0:48.9 | relationship and brought them together with that sense of brotherhood. |
| 0:53.4 | But recently Dan did something really unusual. |
| 0:56.0 | He wrote his latest book, Upstream, The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen, as his |
| 1:01.1 | solo effort. |
| 1:02.8 | We explored this decision and also dive deep into some of the key ideas from his earlier |
| 1:08.0 | books before landing on the big idea in Upstream, which is all about how to solve problems in |
| 1:14.4 | a very different way and at a very different point than most people focus on. |
| 1:20.3 | So excited to share this conversation with you. |
| 1:22.7 | I'm Jonathan Fields and this is Good Life Project. |
| 1:34.2 | I want to bounce around with you a little bit because I have been reading you and Chip |
| 1:39.9 | and now, in most of the reasons that you alone, which I'm curious about also since |
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