Episode 63: True Grit, Grititude, and It Looks Like We Made Grit

Thinking LSAT

Nathan Fox and Ben Olson

Education

4.8 • 868 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2016

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Ben recommends Grit by Angela Duckworth, a book that could help with your LSAT prep and studying mindset. In that same vein, he mentions episode 202 of the podcast “The Art of Manliness,” which discusses the effort and commitment required to achieve a goal. (5:27)

Next, a barrage of emails (3 can be a barrage, right??) from listeners who want to thank Thinking LSAT for helping them achieve their LSAT goals. Mike channeled Nathan’s zen to overcome test day stress (13:43), Jeff realized LSAT success was more than a matter of innate ability (18:10), and Taylor used the podcast for hands-free studying while hiking in Spain (34:40). We also answer Taylor’s questions about how to improve her score in Reading Comprehension.

At long last, we answer the final question in Section 2 of the June 2007 LSAT! Question #25 is a Logical Reasoning problem that demands an explanation of facts that don’t seem to line up. Download the free June 2007 test and play along as we solve the puzzle and wrap up this section. (52:58)

Are you looking for an LSAT prep class in the Los Angeles area? Nathan has an upcoming Fox test prep class in LA with room for more students! Reach out to him for more information on the course and registration for the class. (1:07)

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0:00.0	The Hello and welcome this is episode 63 of the Thinking Elsap podcast I'm Ben Olson in Washington DC and with me as always is Nathan Fox. How's it going
0:27.4	Nathan?
0:28.4	Very good. I'm in Los Angeles. Your Washington Nationals are coming to town next week to play the Dodgers and this
0:35.1	probably doesn't mean anything to you but Monday night I'm going to go see Clayton
0:39.1	Kershaw versus Stephen Strasbourg which is like the two best pitchers in the National League going
0:46.7	head to head at Dodger Stadium.
0:48.3	So that should be pretty exciting.
0:49.9	Good times.
0:50.9	Oh, okay, yeah, cool. So if they're the best pitchers, I don't really follow baseball, but does that mean there won't be that many hits?
0:58.0	Correct, which for a like baseball, lifetime baseball fan like me, that's like the best thing there is is a low scoring
1:05.6	baseball game because they're fast the game don't take nearly as long.
1:09.9	Kershaw is just in there striking everybody out and Strasbourg pretty much the same.
1:14.0	So you get a lot of quick one, two, three innings and the game gets over in two hours and 15 minutes
1:21.7	or something like that, which is plenty plenty you've been to a baseball game and you don't have to sit there for four and a half boring hours.
1:28.4	Yeah, yeah. So when the Giants came out to DC, we went with my family and I am a Giants fan but my wife is a Nationals fan,
1:42.0	so I don't know that doesn't have a whole lot of
1:44.9	connection to the Dodgers and the Nationals but I would probably I don't know who I'd
1:51.2	probably have to go for the Dodgers just because they're from California
1:53.8	but I imagine there's some rivalry between the Giants and the Dodgers but I wouldn't
1:58.0	know I'm just Giants Dodgers is a huge rivalry and well Giants Nationals that sounds good too because those are two first place teams
2:06.0	so that's exciting well that that's news to me so
2:10.5	Wait are the nationals in the first in first place? I have no idea. They should be. They are I think the best team.
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