Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhat a Depression Drug Taught Me About Rich People's Habits | Daily Essay
Episode 192
I looked up dozens of people who got rich before 50 and what they did each day. When I went looking for people with the same habits who never got ric…
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If It Fits, It Sticks | Daily Essay
Episode 191
I love to bike, but I run instead, because on foot I feel safer. After cars killed more than 3,000 people in the Netherlands in 1971, the Dutch kept …
1 month ago
I Quit The ONE Thing Three Times Before I Got It Right | Daily Essay
Episode 190
Scored on the finish, my one thing shrank until it took a few minutes. The work I cared about barely moved, until I heard Gary Keller say he blocks f…
1 month ago
A Day on the Moon. A Decade of Depression. | Daily Essay
Episode 189
Buzz Aldrin spent 21 hours on the moon and the next decade fighting depression and alcoholism. Some goals give you a high and fade. Others make each …
1 month ago
Why “Systems Not Goals” Is a Trap | Daily Essay
Episode 188
A goal needs a system to reach it. A system needs a goal to give it direction.
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1 month ago
The Truth About Running Multiple Businesses at Once | Daily Essay
Episode 187
I spread one daily marketing block across 8 products and each one lost momentum while I tended to the other seven. With 8 products sharing that block…
1 month ago
The 4 Anti-Habits That Make My Habits Possible | Daily Essay
Episode 186
Each day I reach out to 13 people, do 8 courage challenges and run 34 minutes. As my habits grew, I tightened my anti-habits. Haruki Murakami went to…
1 month ago
I Use Evolution to Predict Which Markets Survive AI | Daily Essay
Episode 185
Chegg lost about 99% of its market value while electricians got busier. Markets take the same five routes species take through an ice age: gone, hurt…
1 month ago
What Google's M&M Jars Taught Me About Willpower | Daily Essay
Episode 184
Ten years back, my interior designer wanted to put a bar cart in my house. Put liquor in plain sight and you're subconsciously primed. Move it out of…
1 month, 1 week ago
What a 20-Mile Night Run Taught Me About Negative Returns | Daily Essay
Episode 183
Kiese Laymon ran at least six miles a day for 2,564 days straight until his body broke. With most good things, more does less each time. With a few, …
1 month, 1 week ago