Why Smart People Still Make Dumb Decisions

The Not So Breakfast Show by Sacha and Ish

Aug 31, 202625:46Business

Send us Fan Mail Episode 272 What happens when being “the smart one” becomes part of your identity? Apparently, you get very good at constructing brilliant arguments for ideas that may still be completely terrible. This...

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