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Podcast: How to scale up your work

Economist John List hops on the podcast to talk about why ideas fail, and how to discover which of our ideas have a chance.

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On this episode, I chat with John List about his new book, The Voltage Effect. Topics we talk about include:

  • What “scale” and “voltage” are;
  • How he discovered the “silver bullets” of scaling up an idea;
  • The five hurdles we need to overcome when scaling something;
  • How scale is a “weakest link” problem;
  • How to discover which of our ideas have a chance;
  • The three reasons we don’t quit soon enough (and often enough);
  • How to become a “marginal thinker”;
  • How he stays so productive.

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Chris Bailey

Chris is the bestselling author of four books—Intentional, How to Calm Your Mind, Hyperfocus, and The Productivity Project—which have been published in more than 40 languages. He also hosts the Intentional AI podcast, writes a biweekly newsletter, The Recap, and speaks to audiences around the world on how they can become more productive without hating the process.

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