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Episode 423
In 1888, Alfred Nobel was best known as the inventor of dynamite. He had been issued over 300 patents and his business had built more than 50 explosi…
14 hours ago
The Empty Cup Mindset
Episode 422
In the mid-19th century, a physician named Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis was working as an assistant in Vienna General Hospital when he noticed something curi…
5 days, 14 hours ago
Dear Parker: A Letter to a 17-Year-Old Reader
Episode 421
Last week, I got an email from a reader that stopped me in my tracks:
Dear Mr. Bloom,My name is Parker and I am 17. I am reaching out because I would …
1 week ago
The Motivation Triangle: The Science of Progress
Episode 420
In this episode, I explored a framework from Nir Eyal's new book, Beyond Belief, called the Motivation Triangle. Most people think motivation is abou…
1 week, 5 days ago
How to Break Your Phone Addiction (3 Painfully Simple Steps)
Episode 419
Six weeks ago, I shared an embarrassing confession on my phone addiction.
It all began at my Think Week retreat in January, when I pondered a singl…
2 weeks ago
AI Negativity Bias: Why You Only Hear About AI Doom
Episode 418
I feel like I need to say something...
Over the last few weeks, it seems like I can't go ten minutes without having a new "AI Doom" story hit my feed.…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
The Most Powerful Paradoxes of Life
Episode 417
It's tempting to view the world in black and white.
Everyone wants you to do that. It's easier to do that. It's more comfortable to do that.
But the wo…
3 weeks ago
The Paradox of Effort
Episode 416
Carlos Alcaraz is a tennis phenom.
The 22-year-old is the number one player in the world, having won 25 singles titles and 7 Grand Slams in his career…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
The Anti-To-Do List: A Major Life Hack
Episode 415
In the 19th century, a German mathematician named Carl Jacobi developed an interesting insight:
Many hard math problems become easier to solve when yo…
1 month ago
The Noise Bottleneck: The Subtle Trap of More Information
Episode 414
This is one of my favorites:
"If more information was the answer, then we'd all be billionaires with perfect abs." - Derek SiversHumor aside, it's a c…
1 month ago