Upstream is about how we can save time, money, and even lives by preventing problems before they happen.

Just look at vaccines, handwashing, or even my favorite contraceptive, hosting a books podcast.

And this is the book pile.

I'm Kellan Erskine. I'm a comic, a father, and when I had a day job, I once went eight months thinking that I needed to replace

the lights in the dashboard of my work truck. And then I solved that problem by accidentally

rubbing the dimmer switch with my knee. And I'm David Vance. I also use the phrase when I had a day job,

but it's in a much sadder context.

Another review that I like.

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All right, and without further ado, here are our favorite lessons from upstream.

Number one, solve a problem one time, not many

times. So Jeannie Forrest was this associate dean at Yale Law School, and one time she was in the very

back row of a meeting, and a guy in the front row had a big head, and he kept blocking her view of the

speaker, which, okay, first of all, imagine having a head so big you can be in the

front row and you're blocking the back row with your giant head. Anyway, she got frustrated because

every time this guy moved his head, she had to move to be able to see the speaker.

What's up? It's just so funny to me.

Do you think that this guy, like, he read this book later, and he's like, oh, man, I know

who that was.

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