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Podcast #1,129: 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 ...
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PSA: Know What You’re Doing
The comedian Sinbad had a bit where he talks about how much he hates standing in line behind people at ...
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Podcast #1,128: 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 ...
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The Cure for the Summertime Blues
When we think of summer, we tend to think of warm, languid, blue-skied days. Pool parties and backyard ...
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Podcast #1,125: 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 ...
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Podcast #1,124: 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 ...
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Why Teasing Is Good for Society, and for the Soul
Teasing has almost entirely negative connotations these days. It is the word evoked by sullen-faced ...
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Podcast #1,121: 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 ...
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Podcast #1,120: How to Try Again
Life rarely unfolds according to plan. A relationship implodes. A move or job change doesn't work out. ...
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Hunting for Herbie: How to Find the Bottlenecks Slowing Down Your Life
You want to get more things done in life. So you become an early riser, buy a planner, and download a to-do ...
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A Lesson From Ernest Hemingway on Why You Should Plan Your Weekends
When Ernest Hemingway was working on the manuscript of a book about his safari in Africa, he played with a ...
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Podcast #1,117: 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 ...
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Be Your Own Butler
Discipline is essential to every success in life. It establishes the stable, well-ordered ground that ...
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Podcast #1,115: 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 ...
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Podcast #1,113: Truths Your Therapist Won’t Tell You About How to Get Your Mind Right
When people visit a therapist's office for help with their depression, they often don't find the ...
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Podcast #1,111: The Mystery of Courage
Courage is one of our most prized and celebrated virtues. But once you really start exploring it, the ...
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Podcast #1,110: The Mental Skills for Becoming an Everyday Genius
We tend to think of genius as something you’re born with — a rare trait possessed by the Einsteins ...
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Podcast #1,108: The Invisible Limits Holding You Back (And How to Change Them)
When we fail to make desired progress in life, most of us put the blame on physical and environmental ...
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Podcast #1,107: The Power of a Purpose-Driven Life
When it comes to building a happy and meaningful life, most of us rely on a grab bag of strategies — ...
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Bringing Back Correspondence Hour
Many who are reading this are old enough to remember a time when they wrote long letters to loved ...
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