Hello, how-to listeners, it's Charles Duhigg. And as we are revamping how-to for 2026 and bringing

you all new and even better and improved episodes, we're looking back into our archives for some of our

favorite episodes. And the one we're playing today is one that I did when the show first started,

How to Rob a Bank. This is one of my favorite episodes I ever did. In it, I talked to Joe

lawyer, who's a former bank robber. He successfully robbed over 30 banks before getting caught

and sent to jail, and then he became a published author and a speaker. And what I love about

talking to Joe is he kind of tells you how to do it. Like there's a real science to robbing banks,

at least if you're going to do it at

least 30 times before you get caught. And one of the thing Joe says is that you always will get

caught. But in the meantime, if you do the science right, you might figure out how to get a little bit

of money in your pocket. Not that we are encouraging anyone to become a bank robber, but it's

kind of fun to learn how you might

do it if you wanted to. So please take a moment, learn how to rob a bank, and then don't actually go

rob a bank, you know, unless you think you can get away with it. Here you go. When I was robbing a bank,

I was King Kong. I was boss. When I walked out, the power I felt was intense and being chased and knowing that I did this thing that was wrong and I got all this cash in my hand.

Like that's a frickin' rush.

You're listening to How To. I'm Charles Duhigg.

On this show, we try to solve listeners' toughest progress.

But sometimes it's fun to ask questions we all secretly wish we knew the answers to.

Like, how to rob a bank?

That's something I've always wondered about, because I love bank heist movies.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Heat, Inside Man, even Point Break.

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