How to Make Self-Discipline Feel Easy
Discipline usually sounds like a punishment: more willpower, more grind, more pushing through. But what if achievement gets easier when you stop obsessing over the finish line and start designing a pr...
3 Aug 31min
Does Your Work Light You Up?
What makes work feel genuinely energizing—not just tolerable, but meaningful, absorbing, and even fun? In Intrinsic Motivation: Learn to Love Your Work and Succeed as Never Before, executive coach and...
31 Jul 32min
Designing a World That Fits Everyone
Every object, product, and place is designed for someone—but too often, that “someone” has been treated as male by default. In Man-Made: How We Designed a World That Leaves Women Out, and How We Can M...
30 Jul 30min
Think Less, Sleep More
What if the secret to better sleep is trying a little less? In Think Less, Sleep More: From Panic & Perfectionism to Stress-Free Sleep, sleep physiologist Stephanie Romiszewski argues that sleep isn’t...
29 Jul 19min
The Hidden History of Data
We tend to think of data as something modern—born with smartphones, spreadsheets, and AI. But in Data Empire: The Power of Information to Organize, Control, and Dominate, Roopika Risam argues that dat...
28 Jul 27min
The Toolkit for a Better Life
What does it actually take to build a better life? In The 12 Levers, Spencer Greenberg and Jeremy Stevenson argue that the sprawling world of self-help can be boiled down to a dozen core strategies f...
27 Jul 24min
The Strange Power of Rituals
Why do humans keep inventing rituals—from weddings and funerals to morning coffee routines and lucky socks? Today, we explore the strange, soothing power of repeated acts with two books that take ritu...
24 Jul 24min
How to Stay Happy in a Collapsing World
What if the answer to our late-stage collapse isn’t grim sacrifice, but a more joyful, humane way to live? Today, we hear from Elizabeth Dunn and Jiaying Zhao, authors of Leave the Lights On: How Joyf...
23 Jul 23min
