The Art of Manliness

By The Art of Manliness

#268: How the Science of Competition Can Make You a Better Man

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Published January 10, 2017 12:52pm

What if I told you that there’s a performance-enhancing drug that’s completely free, completely legal, and has no ill side-effects when used correctly? Oh, and you’ve probably already taken it many times in your life.

Competition is that drug, and today on the show I talk to author Po Bronson about his book "Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing," which digs deep into the science of competition and how it can improve our performance in a wide variety of tasks.

In today’s podcast, Po and I discuss the difference between adaptive and mala...

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