Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchForce Yourself to Go Faster - Then Pay for It | Daily Essay
Episode 154
He had one lap before the engine turned into a lump of molten metal. In 1986 Formula 1 let teams run as much turbo boost as they dared in qualifying.…
2 months, 1 week ago
Cold Water Beats a Pep Talk | Daily Essay
Episode 153
Mental state is a lagging output of physical state. When your energy drags, the default move is to fight your mind directly, but biology responds to …
2 months, 1 week ago
Is Getting Rich Luck or Hard Work? | The Market vs. You
Episode 152
Finance splits an investment return into beta and alpha. Beta is what the market gave you just for showing up. Alpha is what your skill added on top.…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Downward Spiral of Oscar Wilde | Daily Essay
Episode 151
A flywheel accelerates bad trajectories as easily as good ones. Oscar Wilde's fatal libel suit reveals why intelligent people walk straight into obvi…
2 months, 1 week ago
What Everyone Gets Wrong About Continuous Improvement | Daily Essay
Episode 150
The drugs were killing people. In April 1989 the safety board stopped the Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial. Testing an assumption exposes you to …
2 months, 1 week ago
What a Poker Table Taught Me About Daily Habits | Daily Essay
Episode 149
He turned down the extra guns and rode in anyway. In the summer of 1876, George Custer was offered Gatling guns before marching to the Little Bighorn…
2 months, 1 week ago
I Set These 10 Anti-Habits: How I Finish Work by 4pm | Daily Essay
Episode 148
Turning off a phone at 10pm protects sleep, making the next morning's schedule far more likely to hold. A refusal requires zero runtime execution, so…
2 months, 1 week ago
How to Stay Consistent (By Finding the Minimum Dose)
Episode 147
I cut my team's one-on-ones from every 2 weeks to once a month. Stretching the schedule looked like a clean win: fewer calls and more hours back. Ali…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
His Joke Was So Bad It Cost £500 Million | Daily Essay
Episode 146
He built the biggest jewellery chain in the world. Then he stood up at the Royal Albert Hall and called his products crap.
Featuring: Gerald Ratner, …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
You're Not Overthinking. You're Under-Moving. | Daily Essay
Episode 145
Nelson Mandela broke rock in a quarry all day, went back to a cell about 7 feet across and ran 45 minutes on the spot. He kept that routine for most …
2 months, 2 weeks ago