Investigating Intelligence and the Intellect with Jym Brown

Join book coach Ameesha Green and author Jym Brown as they discuss human thinking and the potential for intellectual humility through the lens of philosophy and psychology.

Jym Brown is an author, TEDx speaker, lecturer, and consultant who has worked with professional sports clubs, business leaders, and hundreds of higher education students to improve critical thinking and improve performance. His current book Clever Enough to Be Stupid considers how human beings develop knowledge and the ways we might be wrong. It also explores public thinking, the dangers of social media, and emotional rhetoric, and it will certainly get you thinking. 

Turn the page on this podcast to experience Jym’s self-publishing journey with tips on working with an editor and doing ego-free marketing.

Turn the page (the time-stamp!)

[00:35] Can you tell us a little bit about the book? What inspired you to write it?

[02:32] Intellectual humility

[08:50] The importance of critical thinking 

[11:00] Hyper-fixations on what you can do rather than what you should do

[12:30] Social media propaganda

[13:02] Do you have any future book plans? 

[16:15] Editing at The Book Shelf 

[20:18] How long did it take you to write and design the book? 

[24:53] The importance of an editor 

[31:00] What skill has been the most important on this writing journey?

[40:01] What tips can you provide to writers?  

Buy the book: Clever Enough to be Stupid by Jym Brown

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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE INCLUDE: 

Book marketing

Intellectual humility

Social media

The ego

Emotional rhetoric

Critical thinking

Philosophy

Psychology

Book editors