Advice Goddess Radio, Tonite, 7-8pm PT, 10-11pm ET: "Dilbert" Cartoonist Scott Adams On How To Fail Your Way To Success
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*Tonight's show is a "Best Of" replay, because I'll be off interviewing Austin Kleon at the LA Times Festival of Books.

"Dilbert" cartoonist Scott Adams, obviously, is not a scientist. But he thinks and views his experiences like a scientist and his wisdom is well-supported and worth hearing.

For example, Adams found that it isn't goals that are the key to success, but what he calls "systems."

And Adams advises, based on his own steady stream of failures in business, that "Everything you want in life is in that bubbling vat of failure. The trick is to get the good stuff out."

As a cartoonist, he thinks of himself as a "professional simplifier." That's what he does in his just-published book, How To Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, and simplifying for all of us what it takes to succeed in business and be happy in life is what he'll be doing on tonight's not-to-be-missed show.

Listen at this link from 7-8 pm Pacific, 10-11 pm Eastern, or download the podcast afterward:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon/2014/04/14/dilbert-cartoonist-scott-adams-on-how-to-fail-your-way-to-success

Don't miss last week's show with psychologist and researcher Dr. Adam Alter.

We aren't the independent thinkers we like to believe ourselves to be.

Alter shows in his fascinating book, Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces That Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave, that a host of forces -- internal, social, and environmental -- drive our thinking and beliefs, and in turn, our actions.

On this show, he lays out the ways we are influenced, sometimes causing substantial changes in our behavior that make the difference between success and failure in our endeavors. Knowing these influences is the best way to avoid being swept away by them, so don't miss this show.

Listen at this link or download the podcast:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon/2014/04/07/dr-adam-alter-the-hidden-influences-shaping-our-thoughts-beliefs-actions

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