The Art of War

Stop Doing Things the Hard Way with Dr. Angela Duckworth

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos, 7 September 2026. The book comes up at 6 min 32 sec in.

Angela Duckworth cites Sun Tzu's text as ancient philosophical backing for her new book's central idea: that relying on brute strength is foolish, and one should instead set up situations in which victory comes more easily rather than grinding through sheer willpower.

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