45. How Much Better Do You Really Want to Be?

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  I hate to burst your balloons.

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  No, you don't.

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  Because your balloons are so bright and cheery.

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  And you're a little thumbtack.

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  I'm Angela Duckworth.

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  I'm Stephen Dubner.

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  And you're listening to No Stupid Questions.

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  Today on the show, how much better do you really want to be?

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  The secret to looking successful is to surround yourself with people who are quite dumb.

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  Also, why do we pad our speech with so many filler words?

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  I don't think I quite had the Valley Girl thing.

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  Gag with a spoon.

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  So, Angela, there is a question that often gets asked about money,

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  but that I would like to ask you about ability or talent instead.

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  That probably doesn't make that much sense yet, does it?

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  Not yet, but why don't you keep going?

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  Here's what I mean.

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  This research literature goes back, I believe, to the 1990s.

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  where people are asked, would you rather earn X amount of dollars,

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  let's say $50,000, while everyone else around you is earning,

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