To Change Yourself, Change Your Situation
Professor of psychology Angela Duckworth is famous for her work on grit — the combination of passion and perseverance that leads to high ach...
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20 of 1,179 episodesThe Lost Virtue of Thumos (And Why Men Need It)
The ancient Greeks believed the human soul had three parts: reason, appetite, and something called thumos . Thumos is difficult to translate...
The Secrets of Supercommunicators
Note: This is a rebroadcast. Have you ever known one of those people who seemed to be able to connect with anyone? The kind of person who ha...
The Joy of Touching Grass (and Knobs, Buttons, and Boarding Passes)
Remember the old hotel ice machines? The kind where you'd slide your bucket under the chute and hear the avalanche of cubes crashing into it...
Big P vs. Little P Purpose: Why You Don't Need to Find Your One True Calling
People are told their whole lives how important it is to find their purpose. But many find the search frustrating. They feel there's one tru...
Restless, Rooted: What the Odyssey Reveals About Americans' Divided Souls
With the release of Christopher Nolan's adaptation of the Odyssey, it seems like everyone's been talking about a 3,000-year-old epic again....
The Secret Skills of Master Negotiators
When most people think of negotiation, they picture big, high-stakes moments: haggling over the price of a house, negotiating a starting sal...
The Art of Easy Discipline
Most people assume that if a goal is hard to achieve, getting there has to feel hard too. We tend to believe that extraordinary results requ...
Beyond Midlife Myths — Why Middle Age Can Be Your Prime Time
Many of us grow up believing that midlife is when things start going downhill. Your body's breaking down, your best work is behind you, and...
George Washington — The Man Behind the Monument
George Washington is perhaps the most familiar figure in American history. But most people really only know the image of him they see in mar...
The Retirement Trap — Should You Really Stop Working at 65?
The modern idea of retirement was built on a bet that turned out to be wrong. It assumed people would spend most of their lives working and...
Belonging Without Conforming — The Path From Pseudo Self to Solid Self
We all want two things that can seem at odds with each other: to be our own person and to belong. We want to stand apart from the crowd, but...
How to Try Again
Life rarely unfolds according to plan. A relationship implodes. A move or job change doesn't work out. Or you simply fail in a goal you've s...
Built to Walk — How Modern Shoes and Weak Feet Are Holding You Back
Walking is one of the most powerful health tools we have. It improves cardiovascular fitness, boosts mood, sharpens cognition, and can even...
How to Turn a Boy Into a Man
Note: This is a rebroadcast. A lot of young men today struggle in finding their footing in adulthood. They feel lost, directionless, and uns...
Inside With the Old Breed — A Conversation With Eugene Sledge’s Son
With the Old Breed is widely considered one of the greatest war memoirs ever written. Penned by Eugene Sledge, a Marine who fought with the...
How Constraints Help You Focus, Create, and Finish
Back in 2019, David Epstein joined me to talk about his book Range and why generalists often thrive in a specialized world. Now he’s back wi...
Why Screen Time Leaves You Exhausted — And How to Reverse Its Effects
You hear a lot today about how our ample screentime is affecting our mental health. But how is it affecting our bodies, and how is that impa...
A Map for Finding Direction and Purpose in Life (Again and Again)
While we often think of life as linear, my guest’s own life, along with a decade of research, has taught him that it’s anything but. In his...
Become an Automatic Millionaire
Building substantial personal wealth can feel difficult and out of reach. But my guest says that even those with modest means can, with a fe...