S13 E5: Plan on Fridays (Laura Vanderkam)
In the final installment of the master class based on her book “Tranquility by Tuesday,” productivity expert Laura Vanderkam says nailing your work-life balance comes down to how you use your Fridays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
28 Huhti 202315min
S13 E4: Effortful Before Effortless (Laura Vanderkam)
Do effortful fun before effortless fun. But what's the difference? Laura explains in today's mini master class. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
27 Huhti 202310min
S13 E3: Take One Night for Yourself (Laura Vanderkam)
To renew your spirits, Laura says you need to take some time for yourself. --- Download the Next Big Idea app and listen to hundreds of the world's bestselling authors summarize their books in just 12 minutes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
26 Huhti 202310min
S13 E2: Have One Big Adventure and One Little Adventure (Laura Vanderkam)
You know what you need? An adventure. That's right. You don't have to wait until your next vacation. You can — and should — make it a habit to do surprising, novel things on the reg. And, yes, we know you're thinking: "How can I fit that in with everything else I have going on?" Don't worry. Laura Vanderkam has a simple solution for making adventures of all sizes part of your routine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
25 Huhti 202310min
S13 E1: You Need a Bedtime (Laura Vanderkam)
In "Tranquility by Tuesday," time management guru Laura Vanderkam shares tools you can use to finally make time for the activities you love. But before you can do that, you need to get a good night's sleep. Today, Laura explains how. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
24 Huhti 202314min
S12 E5: Build Bridges — and Keep Them Up (Mónica Guzmán)
All good things must come to an end. It's our last day with Mónica Guzmán, journalist, political de-polarizer, and author of "I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times." This week, she's been our anti-debate coach, teaching us how to have tough talks about thorny topics that don't end in fisticuffs. In her final chat with Michael, she says that once you've built a bridge that connects you to someone on the other side of the ideological divide, you should do everything you can not to burn it. • Have you heard about The Next Big Idea app? It has hundreds of non-fiction book summaries (written and read by the authors themselves), dozens of e-courses (with folks like Dan Pink and Susan Cain), ad-free episodes of this show, and invitations to live author Q&As. Download it today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
21 Huhti 202311min
S12 E4: Ask How, Not Why (Mónica Guzmán)
What's the most powerful question you can ask in a politically charged conversation? "How did you come to believe that?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
20 Huhti 202311min
S12 E3: We Don’t See With Our Eyes, But With Our Whole Lives (Mónica Guzmán)
“The paths we walk to our views are rich and long,” Mónica Guzmán says in today’s episode, “and it is not very likely that one meme or mic drop point is going to change someone else’s mind.” So what will? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
19 Huhti 202312min
