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A.J. Jacobs

πŸ‘€ Speaker
445 total appearances

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Before Breakfast
Solving puzzles, with A.J. Jacobs

Does anything have a short capital?

Before Breakfast
Solving puzzles, with A.J. Jacobs

Because that's probably what it's going to be.

Before Breakfast
Solving puzzles, with A.J. Jacobs

They rearrange that.

Before Breakfast
Solving puzzles, with A.J. Jacobs

And then, of course, you know, I'm thinking, oh, well, you know, I've been to

Before Breakfast
Solving puzzles, with A.J. Jacobs

All right, I'll tell you guys the answer.

Before Breakfast
Solving puzzles, with A.J. Jacobs

Peru, where Lima is, of course, Mali, the country in Africa.

Before Breakfast
Solving puzzles, with A.J. Jacobs

And so it's like, ah, I got it.

Before Breakfast
Solving puzzles, with A.J. Jacobs

I got it.

Before Breakfast
Solving puzzles, with A.J. Jacobs

I'm very excited.

Before Breakfast
Solving puzzles, with A.J. Jacobs

But it was like that little, you know, that hunting through your brain and then that moment of excitement.

Before Breakfast
Solving puzzles, with A.J. Jacobs

I think that's what's really what that's what it does.

Before Breakfast
Solving puzzles, with A.J. Jacobs

Right.

Before Breakfast
Solving puzzles, with A.J. Jacobs

Oh, yeah.

Before Breakfast
Solving puzzles, with A.J. Jacobs

And I like to call that, or people in the puzzle business call that the aha moment.

Before Breakfast
Solving puzzles, with A.J. Jacobs

You had an aha moment, and that's what you're looking for.

Before Breakfast
Solving puzzles, with A.J. Jacobs

And we as humans are wired for that aha moment.

Before Breakfast
Solving puzzles, with A.J. Jacobs

And I think that you can make that not just about puzzles, but about life, looking for the aha moments in life.

Before Breakfast
Solving puzzles, with A.J. Jacobs

But I also love what you did with the strategy, because I think that is very important, too.

Before Breakfast
Solving puzzles, with A.J. Jacobs

when you're presented with a puzzle or problem, what is the best way to solve this?

Before Breakfast
Solving puzzles, with A.J. Jacobs

And you were like, well, I think it's going to be a short word.