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The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything. Then came SuperFreakonomics, a documentary film, an award-winning podcast, and more.

Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and unconventional analysis, they take us inside their thought process and teach us all to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally—to think, that is, like a Freak.
Levitt and Dubner offer a blueprint for an entirely new way to solve problems, whether your interest lies in minor lifehacks or major global reforms. As always, no topic is off-limits. They range from business to philanthropy to sports to politics, all with the goal of retraining your brain. Along the way, you’ll learn the secrets of a Japanese hot-dog-eating champion, the reason an Australian doctor swallowed a batch of dangerous bacteria, and why Nigerian e-mail scammers make a point of saying they’re from Nigeria.
Some of the steps toward thinking like a Freak:

• First, put away your moral compass—because it’s hard to see a problem clearly if you’ve already decided what to do about it.
• Learn to say “I don’t know”—for until you can admit what you don’t yet know, it’s virtually impossible to learn what you need to.
• Think like a child—because you’ll come up with better ideas and ask better questions.
• Take a master class in incentives—because for better or worse, incentives rule our world.
• Learn to persuade people who don’t want to be persuaded—because being right is rarely enough to carry the day.
• Learn to appreciate the upside of quitting—because you can’t solve tomorrow’s problem if you aren’t willing to abandon today’s dud.

Levitt and Dubner plainly see the world like no one else. Now you can too. Never before have such iconoclastic thinkers been so revealing—and so much fun to read.

Source: Amazon

Tourism Means Big Bucks In Arkansas - Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce

As the third national museum in the state, the future U.S. Marshals Museum is expected to be an economic boost to Fort Smith and Arkansas when it opens in 2017, capitalizing on the city’s foundation of historical tourism with such luminaries as “Hanging Judge” Isaac C. Parker and the Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves.
Last year, out-of-state tourists spent $5.9 billion in Arkansas, $345 million of that in Sebastian County alone, Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism Executive Director Richard Davies told Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce members at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith as part of the chamber’s monthly First Friday Breakfast series. Times Record

Chamber Social Media Examination: From Buffer App - The 15-Minute Social Media Audit Everyone Can Do

What if following a simple check-list of the most important things to do for your social media accounts could help you boost your results significantly? And that by just spending 15 minutes on it! We put together a super simple template for you to create a social media audit right now, alongside lots resources on further ideas to test:

Read: The 15-Minute Social Media Audit Everyone Can Do

Famous Chamber of Commerce Quotation: (Work Ethic)


“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” ~ Estée Lauder  

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