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Spencer Greenberg - 106 Self-Help Books Distilled Into 12 Strategies (Ep. 333)

Oct 22, 2026 · 1h 46m

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Spencer Greenberg, mathematician, founder of Clearer Thinking, and co-author of The 12 Levers, joins Jim O'Shaughnessy on Infinite Loops to talk about which self-help techniques hold up to evidence, why memory works like autocomplete, how exposure therapy cured his lifelong social anxiety, why the law of attraction can backfire, how to design hiring interviews that predict performance, and what his team found replicating new studies from top psychology journals. Show Notes Spencer Greenberg & Jim O'Shaughnessy Spencer Greenberg: Mathematician and entrepreneur, founder of ClearerThinking.org and Spark Wave, and host of the Clearer Thinking podcast. Clearer Thinking The 12 Levers: Spencer and…