What You Will Learn

'The hidden side of everything' Economics ultimately boils down to the study of incentives. Incentives are all around us, whether natural or manufactured (like by a parent, teacher, boss, politician or economist). In this episode, we talk about 4 major areas of economics, using a few stories and studies from the book to flesh out the concepts:  - Moral incentives VS Economic incentives  - Information Asymmetry   - Correlation VS Causation  - Risk Assessment

Thanks for listening to Season 3 of What You Will Learn! In this episode, we’ll recap our favourite lessons from our favourite books of Season 3. We’ll be back in July for regular 'juggernaut month'. If you want to hear some WYWL in the break, we've curated our best content into a top 10 episodes, both interviews or book reviews. If you want the list, head to: www.whatyouwilllearn.com/best

In this episode, we’re answering your questions! Listeners sent in the questions they’ve always wanted to ask us. We spoke about our process, a book WE might want to write, our learning journeys, knowing when to quit your side hustle, and being consistent with our reading and podcasting. If you enjoyed this format and have a question of your own you’d like to ask, submit it at: https://whatyouwilllearn.com/question/ Please help us with Season 4 by filling out a survey: www.whatyouwilllearn.co

Austin Kleon wrote Steal Like An Artist (about injecting more creativity into your work), then Show Your Work (about sharing that creativity with the world and getting discovered), now Keep Going (about continuing to be creative, even when it feels like it's a never ending battle). In this book, we learn about how to wake up every day and be creative, how to stay buoyant and move on to the next project regardless of success or failure, and how to find new creative ideas even while procrastinating.

Since starting the show almost exactly 3 years, we've done 199 episodes. Today is Number 200! In June 2016, we literally hit 'record' on the laptop, talked crap for 20 minutes, then published it. As more and more people started listening, we gradually increased the time and effort we invested into the show.  Thanks to everyone who's listened and supported us through this journey. We've loved the last 200 episodes, and we're looking forward to the next 200 and beyond!

'The only money guide you'll ever need' This book is all about helping you with your personal finances so that you too can look in the mirror and say 'I've got this'. The book takes us through different stages of life: Plant, Grow and Harvest. There are specific actions littered throughout the book and tasks you should complete if you want to truly control your own finances. It's well worth reading and putting into practice. The 'bucket' strategy of managing your money without budgeting is amazing!

'You can't be seen until you learn to see' Seth Godin is a marketing guru, and this book represents the culmination of decades upon decades of marketing lessons and advice. You won't find any scripts or templates, and you won't find anything scammy or short-term. This book is all about empathy, understanding and being a human (not typical advice you hear in most marketing books, but vital words of wisdom to consider before starting your next project).

Today we're releasing a presentation we recently did for the Melbourne Entrepreneurs Meetup. In our presentation we discussed the content we wished we knew 4 years ago when we first started taking on numerous side hustle adventures. We explore some of the best book concepts we've learned in the context of 'The Dip'. Finding Your Dip (Black Swan and Lean Start-up) Pursuing Your Dip (So Good They Can't Ignore You) In The Dip (The War of Art and Perennial Seller)

'Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor' This book is a compilation of investment philosophies, which can be applied to help you make better decisions when investing money, time or energy. In this episode we cover: - Second level thinking - Understanding market efficiency, - Understanding, recognising and controlling risk, - Combatting the negative influences of human nature, and - Knowing what you don't know

When we think about the world - poverty, violence, war, man made disasters, climate change and corruption - it seems that things are bad and feel like they're getting worse. Factfulness shows us this isn't the actually the case - we're the victim of many cognitive biases that cloud our judgement and that lead to an overdramatic worldview. This book shines a light on our 'mega misconceptions' and offers you a way to upgrade your thinking.

'An easy and proven way to build good habits and break bad ones' The author breaks up behaviour into four moments and what we need to do at each point in order to install a new habit: CUE (Make it obvious) CRAVING (Make it attractive) RESPONSE (Make it easy) REWARD (Make it satisfying)

History lets us see the patterns and make better decisions in the present moment. As we've progressed our human nature hasn't changed, but we've found new ways of achieving old means. This book gives us history's lessons through the lens of different filters. In this episode we cover: - Biology - Character - Morals - Economics - Socialism - Growth and Decay of Civilisations

Cal Newport is the author of some phenomenal books that work together to form a great trilogy: So Good They Can't Ignore You (skills are more important than passion), Deep Work (focus on hard tasks to develop your skills), and Digital Minimalism (disconnect so that you can focus on hard tasks). You can find Cal at http://calnewport.com/

When Facebook started it was interesting, but didn't seem like something which we would spend a large amount of time. Similarly, an early adopter who picked up an iPhone in 2007 for its music features would be less enthusiastic if told he could expect to compulsively check it 85 times a day. There is a war going on for your attention and the way to get it back is to embrace Digital Minimalism.

'Being human in the age of Artificial Intelligence' Life has gradually grown more complex and interesting into 3 different tiers since the start of the Universe. This book explores the range of scenarios that might be spawned from our AI future.