How to leverage mental models to boost super thinking

The Search for a Better Way to Think Just as our bodies have immune systems designed to fend off diseases that can incapacitate or kill us, our minds and cultures have similar processes in place to keep us safe from bad ideas and stop th...

How to find bliss from suffering When searching for purpose, most of the time, the path isn't always obvious or direct. It might be filled with obstacles, wrong turns that never make sense or it might just be a seemingly endless cir...

The hidden roots of men's sexual deception and more... {AUDIO} What do women want, what do men want, and why do their desires radically differ? Joining us in this episode is David Buss, author of “When Men Behave Badly: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, H...

Lessons from Dwayne Wade's Bigger-Than-Basketball Life {AUDIO} Photo by: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com A lot of celebrities fall into the trap of being defined by the one thing that made them famous, often undergoing a crisis of identity — if not a complet...

How to Improve Your Emotional Agility Do you let your self-doubts, failure, shame, fear, or anger hold you back, or can you be determined, persevering toward key life goals with the insight and courage to recognize when these goals are no...

Surprising entrepreneurial truths from a LinkedIn co-founder If you want to get a front-row seat to understanding the mind of a venture capitalist, LinkedIn co-founder, Reid Hoffman is your guy. He’s an investor at Greylock Partners and co-author of several b...

How to deal with A-holes who treat you like dirt Everywhere you look, there will always be some A-hole who is disrespecting and demeaning others, doing so much damage to others’ mental and physical health and to the productivity and creativity of ...

Why people believe weird things {AUDIO} We all have our beliefs. Chances are at some point in your life you have believed in things that you can’t really explain logically. Whether it's religion, conspiracy theories, or unquestioning adhe...

The Winning Example of Extreme Ownership In the civilian world, about as close as most of us get to a life or death situation is the rush hour commute to and from work. But there are lessons we can learn from those who have had to make tough...

How to Leverage the Happiness Advantage Conventional wisdom holds that once we succeed, we’ll be happy. That once we get that great job, win that next promotion, lose those five pounds, happiness will follow. But the science reveals this ...