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Dr. Daniel Crosby - Create a Work
Episode 341
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What are Victor Frankl’s 3 paths to a meaningful existence? For Frankl, which of these is the first and most path to meaning?How does the French Existentialist, Jean Paul Sartre, furt…Published on 11 hours ago
Dr. Daniel Crosby - Wanting Well
Episode 340
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What is “manufactured desire” and what sinister role does it often play in contemporary life?Why is our tendency to let others’ influence our decisions a dramatic outlier from much of…Published on 6 days, 11 hours ago
Dr. Daniel Crosby - Finding Meaning in the Mundane
Episode 339
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What transpired in the apocryphal conversation between JFK and a NASA janitor and what can we learn from this?Why is finding meaning in the mundane such an important part of living a …Published on 3 weeks ago
Dr. Daniel Crosby - Gratitude: Giving Thanks for the Meaning You Already Enjoy
Episode 338
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How does Guy de Maupassant’s short story, The Necklace, illustrate the importance of gratitude and how a lack of it can lead to personal misfortune?What does contemporary Psychology r…Published on 4 weeks ago
Dr. Daniel Crosby - Follow Your Gift
Episode 337
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What novel approach did Hungarian Mathematician Abraham Wald utilize to better understand which parts of American planes needed improved armor during WWII?What is “survivorship bias” …Published on 1 month ago
Dr. Daniel Crosby - Your Curiosity Points to Your Purpose
Episode 336
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What can we learn from Leonardo da Vinci about harnessing curiosity to fill our lives with purpose?Why does science writer Sharon Begley think that curiosity is the mental counterpart…Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Dr. Daniel Crosby - Your Story Needs a Villain
Episode 335
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What are anti-goals and why are they often just as, if not more, powerful than goals?What does the prospect theory of behavioral economics have to say about the uniquely motivating po…Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Dr. Daniel Crosby - Rolling With Resistance
Episode 334
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What did author Steven Pressfield have to say about resistance?What are “circular techniques” in Martial Arts and what can they teach us about the power of rolling with resistance?Wha…Published on 2 months ago
Dr. Daniel Crosby - Embrace Uncertainty
Episode 333
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What is “The Story of the Chinese Farmer” by Alan Watts and what can it teach us about embracing uncertainty?Why are humans so hardwired to fear uncertainty and how can we override th…Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Dr. Daniel Crosby - Let Purpose Come to You
Episode 332
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What is the “drown proofing” technique, often taught to Navy Seals, and what is a takeaway from it that can be applied in our daily lives?What is Alan Watts' “backward law,” or “the l…Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago