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How to Get Time, Priorities, and Energy Working in Your Favor
When you think of your assets, you probably think of your money. But you also have three other hugely important assets at your disposal too: your tim…
4 years, 9 months ago
The Power of Talking to Strangers
Look around a grocery store, airport lobby, or subway car, and you'll see a bunch of people who are physically together but distinctly separate, each…
4 years, 9 months ago
The Exercise Prescription for Depression and Anxiety
If you went to the doctor about treating your depression or anxiety, you might expect to be written a prescription for Zoloft or Xanax. But if you we…
4 years, 9 months ago
Life's 10 Biggest Decisions
How many of your life’s ten biggest decisions have you already made?
My guest today, behavioral scientist Dr. Adrian Camilleri, would often ask this q…
4 years, 9 months ago
Rewild Your Life
If you have one, take a look at your pet cat or dog. These animals descended from wildcats and wolves, but today live pretty sedate lives, walking ar…
4 years, 9 months ago
The Character Traits That Drive Optimal Performance
Why do some people who look can't-miss high-achievers on paper end up floundering in life, while those who can seem like underdogs end up flourishing…
4 years, 10 months ago
Being a Man in the Lousy Modern World
Note: This is a rebroadcast. It originally aired March 2020.
Emerson famously said “society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every …
4 years, 10 months ago
College — What It Was, Is, and Should Be
Modern students are apt to see going to college as the way to earn a credential that will help them get a good job. But as Andrew Delbanco, Professor…
4 years, 10 months ago
Could Sleeping in Separate Beds Improve Your Relationship?
When it comes to advice around getting better sleep, nearly all of it is directed at the individual sleeper who feels they've got room to improve: He…
4 years, 10 months ago
The Conquering Father Who Made an Empire-Building Son
If asked to think about the greatest generals of the ancient world, one name is likely to come to mind first: Alexander the Great — the incomparable …
4 years, 10 months ago