How the workplace helps you win Survivor

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  NPR.

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  Yul Kwan usually introduces himself in social situations.

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  Just usually say I work at Google.

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  And if they ask me more questions, I don't know, I kind of feel weird about saying what I do.

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  If they really like press me on like, well, I don't know, what is your title?

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  It's like, well, I'm like a VP there.

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  Yeah, I mean, Yul says he's a pretty introverted guy.

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  And that actually might be surprising for people who know him from something he did back in 2006.

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  It comes down to one vote left.

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  Winner of Survivor Cook Islands.

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  That's right.

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  Yul Kwan is one of 47 people on the planet who have won the legendary reality TV show Survivor.

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  This is Legendary Economics Podcast, the indicator from Planet Money.

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  I'm Waylon Wong.

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  And I'm Darian Woods.

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  Survivor is roughly halfway through its 50th season.

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  And one way to look at this long-running reality TV series is as a microcosm of the workplace.

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  Sometimes there's collaboration, and sometimes there's scheming.

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  Yes, there are complex social dynamics at play and plenty of game theory.

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  So today on the show, three previous Survivor winners tell us about their careers before the show and the skills

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